Christof Nel

Christof Nel
Publicity shot of man with short, grey hair, long face-shape, dark eyebrows and dark eyes
Nel in the 2010s
Born(1944-04-07)7 April 1944
Stuttgart, Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Germany
Died6 August 2024(2024-08-06) (aged 80)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Theatre director
  • Opera director
Organizations

Christof Nel (7 April 1944 – 6 August 2024) was a German theatre and opera director. He began his career as an actor but moved on to direct opera productions at major opera houses. Plays that he directed were invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen, such as the world premiere of Thomas Brasch's Rotter in 1978 and Thomas Bernhard's Alte Meister in 1998. Nel directed the world premiere of Rolf Riehm's Das Schweigen der Sirenen at the Staatstheater Stuttgart in 1994. His works at Oper Frankfurt included Puccini's Madama Butterfly in 2001, Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in 2003 and the first production in German of Aulis Sallinen's Kullervo in 2011. He taught at the Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg from 2011 to 2022.