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Career

Born in

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, Mayer was a member of the

Dresdner Kreuzchor The Dresdner Kreuzchor is the boys' choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, Germany. It has a seven-century history and a world-wide reputation. Today, the choir has about 150 members between the ages of 9 and 19, from Dresden and the surroundin ...

from 1957 to 1965. He then studied music in Leipzig. From 1970 to 1982 he worked at various theatres as repétiteur and

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(among others at the

Volkstheater Rostock The Volkstheater Rostock () is the municipal theatre of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. It has three venues: the ''Großes Haus'', the ''Theater im Stadthafen'' and the ''Kleine Komödie'' and puts on plays, musical theatre/opera, ballet ...

, and the

Semperoper The Semperoper () is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the Th ...

). From 1982 to 2011 he worked at the

Staatsschauspiel Dresden The Staatsschauspiel Dresden (State Playhouse Dresden) is a theatre in Dresden. It is maintained by the Free State of Saxony, hence its name. It consists of a main auditorium, the ' (play house), and a studio theatre, the '. It was created in 19 ...

as a composer, conductor and pianist, with interruptions as director of acting music. He was awarded the

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Prize for composition in 1976 and 1984. His opera ''Sansibar'' was premiered at the

Schwetzingen Festival The Schwetzingen Festival (German: Schwetzinger Festspiele, now Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele) is an early summer festival of opera and other classical music presented each year from May to early June in Schwetzingen, Germany. In 1952, the broadca ...

in 1994.

Stage works

* ''Ballade für Nico und Maria'', 1978,

chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a Chamber music, chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas ...

after M. Richter * ''Die Weise von Liebe und Tod'', (see '' The Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke'') 1984,

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after

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* ''Der goldene Topf'', 1989, opera after

E.T.A. Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist.Penrith Goff, "E.T.A. Hoffmann" in ...

Dresden * ''Sansibar'', 1994, opera after

Alfred Andersch Alfred Hellmuth Andersch (; 4 February 1914 – 21 February 1980) was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor. The son of a conservative East Prussian army officer, he was born in Munich, Germany, and died in Berzona, Ticino, Switzerland. ...

Bavarian State Opera The Bavarian State Opera () is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under El ...

* ''Das Treffen in Teltge'', 2000, opera after

Günter Grass Günter Wilhelm Grass (; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gda ...

, premiered on 6 March 2005

Theater Dortmund Theater Dortmund is a theatrical organization that produces operas, Musical theatre, musicals, ballets, plays, and concerts in Dortmund, Germany. It was founded as the Stadttheater Dortmund in 1904. Supported by the German Government, the organiz ...

* ''Passage'', 2005, opera after C. Hein, premiered on 4 Mai 2006 Landesbühnen Sachsen, Synagoge Dresden

Writing

Three volumes of poetry, two diaries, and two novels by Mayer (2013 ''Ab jetzt ist es spät''; 2016 ''Die Nähe Roman'', 2 Erzählungen (2017 ''Der Spaziergang / Nach Rosmersholm''2 Erzählungen (2017 ''Der Spaziergang / Nach Rosmersholm''
on WorldCat) have been published by .

References

External links

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