Harry Kupfer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Harry Kupfer

German opera director

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1935

Place of Birth: Berlin

Profession: writer, theater director, director

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Harry Kupfer (born 12 August 1935) is a German opera director and academic.
A long-time director at the Komische Oper Berlin, he has worked at major opera houses and at festivals internationally.
Trained by Walter Felsenstein, he has worked in the tradition of realistic directing.
At the Bayreuth Festival, he staged Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer in 1978, and Der Ring des Nibelungen in 1988.
At the Salzburg Festival, he directed the premiere of Penderecki's Die schwarze Maske in 1986, and Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss in 2014.