Christoph Schlingensief

Christoph Schlingensief
Schlingensief in October 2009
Born
Christoph Maria Schlingensief

(1960-10-24)24 October 1960
Oberhausen, West Germany
Died21 August 2010(2010-08-21) (aged 49)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationDirector

Christoph Maria Schlingensief (24 October 1960 – 21 August 2010)[1][2] was a German theatre director, performance artist, and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged productions for theatres and festivals, often accompanied by public controversies. In the final years before his death, he staged Wagner's Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival and worked at several opera houses, establishing himself as a Regietheater artist.

  1. ^ "Christoph Schlingensief ist tot". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  2. ^ Zachary Woolfe (27 July 2014). "Operatic Heart of a Chaotic Career: The German Gadfly Christoph Schlingensief at MoMA PS1". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2014.