Petr Weigl (16 March 1939 – 14 July 2018) was a Czech director and playwright.

Biography

In 1961 he graduated from the Prague Film School and the Academy of Performing Arts Television. He worked in the cinema, on television (1961-1976), at the National Theatre (Narodni divadlo, 1976–1991). He created a number of short and feature films for the Czech and Slovak Television, as well as for German public channels ARD and

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, British channels

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and

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. He was twice nominated for the

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. He worked in the theaters of

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. A major success was the production of

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's opera ''Salome'' in the

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Works

* 1967 ''Bolero'' (TV) * 1967 ''Osamělost'' (TV) * 1967 ''Pas de quatre'' (TV) * 1968 ''Svět je báječné místo k narození'' (TV) * 1969 ''Bludiště moci'' (TV) * 1970 ''Radúz a Mahulena'' * 1971 ''Romeo a Julie'' (TV) * 1972 ''Dva bratři'' (TV) * 1972 ''Faust a Markéta'' * 1973 ''Apollón a múzy'' / ''Apollon Musagétes'' * 1973 ''Margita a Besná'' (TV) * 1974 ''Čarodějná láska'' / ''El amor brujo'' * 1977 ''Vzkříšení'' / ''Vzkrisenie'' (TV) * 1977: ''

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'' (Dvorak) * 1979 ''Poetické úvahy ve volných chvílích'' / ''Poetische Betrachtungen in freien Stunden'' (TV) * 1980 ''Nerozumný génius'' / ''Der Wahnwitzige Genius'' * 1982 ''Pod koly osudu'' / ''

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'' (TV) * 1983 ''Zuzana Vojířová'' (TV) * 1984 ''Achilles'' (TV) * 1984 ''Utrpení svatého Šebestiána'' / ''Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien'' * 1985 ''Olověná noc'' / ''Die Nacht aus Blei'' (TV) * 1986 ''Werther'' (TV) * 1987 ''Paví pírko'' / ''Die Pfauenfeder'' (TV) * 1988 ''Marie Stuartovna'' / ''Maria Stuarda'' (TV) * 1988 ''Evžen Oněgin'' (TV) * 1990 ''Dumky'' (TV) * 1990 ''Romeo a Julie na vsi'' / ''A Village Romeo and Juliet'' (TV) * 1992 ''Lady Macbeth Mcenského újezdu'' / '' Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'' (TV) * 1993 ''Zimní cesta'' / ''Die Winterreise'' (TV) * 1996 ''Jak se dělá opera'' / ''

Let's Make an Opera ''The Little Sweep'', Op. 45, is an opera for children in three scenes by the English composer Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Eric Crozier. ''Let's Make an Opera!'' ''The Little Sweep'' is the second part of a stage production entitled ...

'' (TV)

References

External links

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Petr Weigl
v archivu ND 1939 births 2018 deaths Writers from Brno Czech theatre directors Czech film directors Czech screenwriters Czech male screenwriters Film people from Brno Recipients of the Thalia Award Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni {{CzechRepublic-film-director-stub