Christoph Marthaler (17 October 1951) is a Swiss director and musician.

Biography

Born in

Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

, Marthaler initially studied music (recorder and oboe). At the end of the 1960s, he attended

Jacques Lecoq Jacques Lecoq (15 December 1921 – 19 January 1999) was a French stage actor and acting movement coach. He was best known for his teaching methods in physical theatre, movement, and mime which he taught at the school he founded in Paris known a ...

's theatre school in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. Back in Switzerland, he worked as a theatre musician and composer at Zurich's

Theater am Neumarkt The Theater am Neumarkt () or by its present official name Theater Neumarkt is a Theater (structure), theatre in the Swiss German language, German-speaking Switzerland situated at Neumarkt, Zürich. It is part of the building complex ''Bilgeriturm' ...

. This was followed by compositions for numerous productions at German-speaking theatres. In the following years, Marthaler established himself in the off-theatre scene with various projects. From 1988 to 1993, he worked continuously at the

Theater Basel Theater Basel is the municipal theatre of the city of Basel, Switzerland, which is home to the city's opera and ballet companies. The theatre also presents plays and musicals in addition to operas and operettas. Because the theatre does not h ...

, where he developed several staged song recitals. In 1993 he moved to the

Deutsches Schauspielhaus The Deutsches Schauspielhaus, sometimes referred to as the Hamburg Schauspielhaus or Hamburg Theatre, is a theatre in the St. Georg, Hamburg, St. Georg quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany History The Deutsches Schauspielhaus was co-foun ...

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

with theatre director

Frank Baumbauer Frank Baumbauer (born 2 September 1945 in Munich, Germany) is a German theater director and artistic director active in the German theater community. He is the son of German casting agent Erna Baumbauer. Baumbauer was from 2001 to 2009 the d ...

. In 2000 Marthaler took over as artistic director of the

Schauspielhaus Zürich The Schauspielhaus Zürich () is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the history of German-speaking theater. It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" (Peacock Stage). The large theatre has 750 seats. The also operates three stages ...

, leaving in 2004. In the following years, he directed plays and operas for some of the most prestigious venues in Switzerland and Europe, including the

Paris Opera The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

, the

Bayreuth Festival The Bayreuth Festival () is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special ...

and Madrid's

Teatro Real The Teatro Real () is an opera house in Madrid, Spain. Located at the Plaza de Oriente, opposite the Royal Palace, and known colloquially as "''El Real''" (The Royal One). it is considered the top institution of the performing and musical arts ...

. In 2015, Marthaler was honored with the Golden Lion at the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale ( ; ) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy. There are two main components of the festival, known as the Art Biennale () and the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Architecture Biennale (), ...

, and in 2018 he received the

International Ibsen Award The International Ibsen Award ( Norwegian: ''Den internasjonale Ibsenprisen'') honours an individual, institution or organization that has brought new artistic dimensions to the world of drama or theater. The committee consists of figures in the th ...

Awards

* 1992: Culture Prize of the Canton of Basel-Country * 1996:

Konrad Wolf Prize The Konrad Wolf Prize () is a German performing arts, new media art and film award given since 1986 by the Academy of Arts, Berlin (formerly the East German Academy of Arts). It is named after the East German film director and former president of t ...

Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts () is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The academy's predecessor organization was founded in 1696 by Elector F ...

* 1998:

Europe Theatre Prize The Europe Theatre Prize ''(Premio Europa per il Teatro)'' is an award of the European Commission for a personality who has "contributed to the realisation of cultural events that promote understanding and the exchange of knowledge between peo ...

* 1999:

Ubu Award Ubu or UBU may refer to: Arts and entertainment *The title character of ''Ubu Roi'' (''King Ubu''), an 1896 French play by Alfred Jarry and subsequent plays * Ubu Repertory Theater, New York City, dedicated to presenting French plays translated ...

to the Best Foreign Show performed in Italy for ''Stunde Null oder die Kunst des Servierens'' * 2004: recognition medal of the City of Zurich for special cultural achievements * 2005:

Nestroy Theatre Prize The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an Austrian theatre award named after the poet Johann Nestroy. In 2000, the city of Vienna decided to combine two less noticed theatre awards: the Kainz Medal and the Nestroy Ring for Viennese Satire. The prize honours ...

to the Best director for ''Protection from the Future '' * 2006:

to the Best Foreign Show performed in Italy for ''Winch Only'' from ''

L'incoronazione di Poppea ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'' (Stattkus-Verzeichnis, SV 308, ''The Coronation of Poppaea'') is an Italian List of operas by Claudio Monteverdi, opera by Claudio Monteverdi. It was Monteverdi's last opera, with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Buse ...

'' by

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string instrument, string player. A composer of both Secular music, secular and Church music, sacred music, and a pioneer ...

* 2009: Cultural Prize of the Canton of Zurich * 2011: Hans Reinhart Ring * 2014:

for Best Foreign Show performed in Italy for ''Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung'' by

Ödön von Horváth Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901 – 1 June 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the ''nom de plume'' Ödön von Horváth (). He was one of the most critically admired writers of his g ...

* 2015: Golden Lion of the

(Biennale Teatro) * 2015:

for Best Foreign Show performed in Italy for ''Das Weisse vom Ei/Une île flottante'' from

Eugène Labiche Eugène Marin Labiche (; 6 May 181522 January 1888) was a French dramatist. He remains famous for his contribution to the vaudeville genre and his passionate and domestic pochades. In the 1860s, he reached his peak with a series of successe ...

* 2018:

Performances

* 1980: Zurich Theatre Spectacle,

Rote Fabrik Rote Fabrik () is a former factory in the Wollishofen neighbourhood of Zurich, Switzerland. It is now used as a music venue and cultural centre. It is so named because the buildings are made of red brick, but also because left-wing parties w ...

: Christoph Marthaler – '' Indeed. An interior '' * 1983: Zurich: Christoph Marthaler after

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (born 17 May 18661 July 1925), better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoire but was an undi ...

– '' Blanc et immobile '' * 1985: Minimal Festival Zurich: Christoph Marthaler after Erik Satie – '' Vexations '' * 1985: Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' Big words anthem. An Impromptu for choir, orchestra, six important men and a stowaway. '' * 1988: Zurich Playhouse:

Kurt Schwitters Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist. He was born in Hanover, Germany, but lived in exile from 1937. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including Dadaism, Constructivism (a ...

– '' Ribble Bobble Pimlico '' * 1988:

: Christoph Marthaler / Barbara Mundel – '' arrival Badischer Bahnhof '' * 1989: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler – '' When the Alpine Mind Reddens, Kill, Free Swiss, Kill '' * 1990: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler – * 1991: Theater Basel:

– '' The affair Rue de Lourcine '' * 1992 Schlotterbeck Garage Basel: – '' Amora '' * 1992: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler after

Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa (; ; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th c ...

– '' Faust. A subjective tragedy '' * 1992: Theater Basel:

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...

– '' A piece of monologue / Still no longer '' * 1993:

Volksbühne Berlin The Volksbühne ("People's Theatre") is a theater in Berlin. Located in Berlin's city center Mitte on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Rosa Luxemburg Square) in what was the GDR's capital. It has been called Berlin's most iconic theatre. About The Volk ...

: Christoph Marthaler – '' Murx the Europeans! Murx him! Murx him! Murx him! Murx it off! '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1993: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler – '' ProHelvetia '' * 1993: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler by

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...

– '' Goethe's Faust Root 1 + 2 '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1994:

Oper Frankfurt The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt. Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Schreker's ''Der ferne Klang'' in 1912, ''Fennimore and Gerda, Fennimore ...

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

– '' Pelléas et Mélisande '' * 1994 Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler by

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

– '' storm before Shakespeare – le petit Rien '' * 1994: Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler – '' Addiction / pleasure '' * 1994 Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler by

Karl Valentin Karl Valentin (, born Valentin Ludwig Fey; 4 June 1882 – 9 February 1948) was a Bavarian comedian. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Cha ...

and

Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in ...

– '' The intruder – an anniversary concert in two acts '' * 1995: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler / Stefanie Carp – '' Zero Hour or the Art of serving '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) Chronicle of the Berlin Theatertreffen
/ref> * 1995: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg:

Elias Canetti Elias Canetti (; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994; ; ) was a German-language writer, known as a Literary modernism, modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer. Born in Ruse, Bulgaria, to a Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jewish fam ...

– '' wedding '' * 1996:

Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer, for five weeks starting in late July, in Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's operas are a focus of ...

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

– '' Pierrot Lunaire /

Quatuor pour la fin du temps ''Quatuor pour la fin du Temps'' (), originally ''Quatuor de la fin du Temps'' ("''Quartet of the End of Time''"), also known by its English title ''Quartet for the End of Time'', is an eight-movement piece of chamber music by the French composer ...

'' * 1996: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg:

– '' Kasimir and Karoline '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1996: World in Basel and Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' Lina Böglis travel '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1996: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' Street of the Best. A tour '' * 1996: Oper Frankfurt:

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi, his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma ...

– ''

Luisa Miller ''Luisa Miller'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play '' Kabale und Liebe'' (''Intrigue and Love'') by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller. Verdi's initial idea f ...

'' * 1996: Opéra La Monnaie, Brussels: Klaas de Vries by

Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors. She helped to pioneer the use of stream of consciousness narration as a literary device. Vir ...

and

– '' A King, Riding '' * 1996: International Music Festival in Lucerne: Michael Jarrell for

Christa Wolf Christa Wolf (; Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most important writers to emerge from the former East Germany. * 1997: Volksbühne Berlin:

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

– '' Three Sisters '' * 1997: Oper Frankfurt:

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

– ''

Fidelio ''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Opus number, Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of ...

'' * 1998: German Schauspielhaus Hamburg:

Joseph Kesselring Joseph Otto Kesselring (June 21, 1902 – November 5, 1967) was an American playwright who was best known for writing '' Arsenic and Old Lace'', a hit on Broadway from 1939 to 1944 and in other countries as well. Biography He was born in ...

– '' Arsenic and Old Lace '' * 1998: Volksbühne Berlin:

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. He was a p ...

– '' La Vie Parisienne '' * 1998: Salzburg Festival:

Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, Music theory, music theorist, Folkloristics, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian folk music, Moravian and other Slavs, Slavic music, includin ...

– ''

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'' * 1999: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler – '' Specialists. A survival tea dance '' * 1999: Salzburg Festival: Ödön von Horváth – '' Beautiful View '' * 2000: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler /

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/ Jürg Henneberger – '' 20th Century Blues '' * 2000: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' Hotel anxiety '' * 2001: Schauspielhaus Zurich:

– '' Twelfth '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2001: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler by

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

– ''

The Beautiful Miller ''The Beautiful Miller'' () is a 1954 West German romantic drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Waltraut Haas, Gerhard Riedmann and Hertha Feiler.Bock & Bergfelder p.216 It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin ...

'' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2001: Salzburg Festival:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

– ''

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna ...

'' * 2001: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler after Raffaele Viviani – '' The Ten Commandments '' * 2002: Schauspielhaus Zurich:

Thomas Hürlimann Thomas Hürlimann (born 21 December 1950) is a Swiss playwright and novelist. Biography Hürlimann was born in Zug, Switzerland. He is a son of the former government and federal councilor (Minister) Hans Hürlimann. He studied philosophy in Züri ...

– '' synchro '' * 2002: Münchner Kammerspiele:

Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek (; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors to write in German and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices ...

– '' In the Alps '' * 2003: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' Groundings '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2003: Schauspielhaus Zurich:

Georg Büchner Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...

– ''

Danton's Death ''Danton's Death'' (''Dantons Tod'') was the first play written by Georg Büchner, set during the French Revolution. History Georg Büchner wrote his works in the period between Romanticism and Literary realism, Realism in the so-called Vormär ...

'' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2003: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler after

Herman Melville Herman Melville (Name change, born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works ar ...

– '' Better not. A thinning '' * 2003: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler after

Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso (; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Augustan literature (ancient Rome), Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he i ...

– '' The Golden Age '', with Stefan Pucher and Meg Stuart * 2003: Opera Zurich / Zurich Schauspielhaus:

Beat Furrer Beat Furrer (born 6 December 1954) is a Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor. He has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1991. He was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2018 ...

– '' Invocation '' * 2004: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' T.D.C. A replacement Passion '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2004: Nederlands Toneel (NT) Gent: Christoph Marthaler after Herman Heijermans – '' shanties '' * 2005: Vienna Festival: Christoph Marthaler / Stefanie Carp – '' Protection from the Future '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen,

for Best Director) * 2005:

Donaueschingen Festival The Donaueschingen Festival, or more precisely ''Donaueschingen Music Days'' (), is a three-day October event presenting new music in the town of the same name, where the Danube River starts, at the edge of the Black Forest in southern Germany. F ...

: Beat Furrer – '' FAMA. Sound theater for large ensemble, eight voices, actress and sound building '' * 2005:

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

– ''

Tristan und Isolde ''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner set to a German libretto by the composer, loosely based on the medieval 12th-century romance ''Tristan and Iseult'' by Gottfried von Stras ...

'' * 2005: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' The fruit fly '' * 2006:

KunstenfestivaldesArts The Kunstenfestivaldesarts (KFDA) is an annual international multi-genre arts festival that takes place in several locations in Brussels, Belgium. The festival, founded in 1994 by Frie Leysen, is a celebration of the arts by both the Flemish an ...

Brussels: Christoph Marthaler – '' Winch only '' (Premio Ubu, Italy) * 2006: Volksbühne Berlin: Ödön von Horváth – ''

Tales from the Vienna Woods "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (, occasionally ) is a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Composed in 1868, , Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss II which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The title of Strauss' dance recall ...

'' * 2007: Nederlands Theatre (NT) Gent / Toneelgroep Amsterdam: Christoph Marthaler – '' Maeterlinck '' * 2007: Opéra national de Paris:

– '' La traviata '' * 2007: Salzburg Festival / Ruhr Triennale: Christoph Marthaler – '' Sauser from Italy. A Urheberei '' * 2007: Rote Fabrik Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' lack of space '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2008: Opéra national de Paris:

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( ; ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

– ''

Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. Composed between 1914 and 1922, it premiered in 1925. It is based on the drama '' Woyzeck'', which German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at his death. Berg attende ...

'' * 2008: Hotel Waldhaus Sils-Maria: Christoph Marthaler – '' The theater with the Waldhaus '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2008: Centre culturel suisse de Paris: Christoph Marthaler – '' Lorem Ipsum Dolor: carte blanche à Christoph Marthaler '' * 2009: Vienna Festival: Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock – '' Riesenbutzbach. A permanent colony. '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2009: Theater Basel: Jacques Offenbach – ''

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'') is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The s ...

'' * 2010: Theater Basel: Beat Furrer – '' Wüstenbuch '' * 2010: Festival d'Avignon: Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock – '' Nonsense '' * 2010: Theater Basel: My fair lady – a language laboratory * 2011:

Katuaq Katuaq () is a cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland. It is used for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, and as a cinema. Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, it was constructed as a joint project of the Greenland Home Rule Government, the Nuuk Mun ...

Nuuk Nuuk (; , formerly ) is the capital and most populous city of Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center. It is also the seat of gove ...

/ Vienna Festival. '' + – 0 A subpolar basecamp '', musical

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

project; UA 12 May 2011 * 2011:

– '' The Makropulos '' * 2011: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler, Malte Ubenauf, Bendix Dethleffsen – '' Lo stimolatore cardiaco '' * 2012: Volksbühne Berlin / Vienna Festival: Ödön von Horváth – '' GlaubeLiebeHoffnung '' * 2012: Zurich Opera House: Christoph Marthaler, Anna Viebrock, Laurence Cummings, Malte Ubenauf – '' Sale '' * 2013: Acting Cologne: Sasha Rau – '' Oh it's like home '' * 2013: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler, Malte Ubenauf, Bendix Dethleffsen – '' king. An enharmonic '' * 2013:

Vienna Festival The Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) is a culture festival that takes place in Vienna for five or six weeks in May and June every year. The Vienna Festival was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the Participants in World W ...

: Christoph Marthaler, Uli Fussenegger – '' Last Days. An eve '' * 2013: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler / Eugene Labuche – '' Das Weisse from egg (Une ile flottante) '' * 2014: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler, Anna Viebrock, Malte Ubenauf – '' homesickness & Crime '' * 2014: Teatro Real Madrid: Jacques Offenbach – ''

Les contes d'Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in ...

'' * 2014: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler, Anna Viebrock, Malte Ubenauf – '' Tessa Blomstedt does not give up '' * 2015: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: John Osborne – '' The Entertainer '' * 2015: Theater Basel / Hamburg State Opera: Christoph Marthaler – '' Isolde 'supper' '' * 2015: Zurich Opera House: G. Rossini – ''

Il Viaggio A Reims ''Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro'' (''The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis'') is an operatic dramma giocoso, originally performed in three acts,Janet Johnson: ''A Lost Masterpiece Recovered'', pp. 37 ...

'' * 2016: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' Hallelujah (A Reserve) ''

References

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