Götz Friedrich

Known for Directing

Götz Friedrich's portrait

Details

Birthday: August 04, 1930

Deathday: 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.