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5 unusual facts about Otto Schenk


Cesare Siepi

In 1967 Siepi was Don Giovanni in a controversially received production staged by Otto Schenk and designed by Luciano Damiani that showed Mozart's masterpiece in the light of the commedia dell'arte, emphasizing the comic and ironic elements of this opera (conductor Josef Krips strongly opposed this production's concept).

Hildegard Behrens

Available on DVD:
Der Ring des Nibelungen, with James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, in the "classical-manner" production by Otto Schenk, from 1989 to 1990.

Janet Perry

Acclaimed stage directors she has collaborated with include Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Günther Rennert, Otto Schenk and Giorgio Strehler.

Lily Brett

The stage adaptation of You Gotta Have Balls, titled Chuzpe in German, starring Otto Schenk, opened at the Kammerspiele theatre in Vienna in November 2012.

The Telephone

The orchestra was conducted by Wolfgang Rennert, and the production was directed by Otto Schenk



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