Götz Friedrich

Directing

Born
August 4, 1930
Died
December 12, 2000
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany

Biography

Götz Friedrich was a German opera and theatre director. He was a student and assistant of Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper Berlin in Berlin, where he went on to direct his early productions. He first came to international prominence with a controversial 1972 production of Wagner's Tannhäuser at Bayreuth.