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Oliver Klöter

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Oliver Klöter studied opera-directing and filmdirecting at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. At that time he started assisting working and assisting directors such as Robert Carsen, David Alden, Christopher Alden, Nicholas Hytner, Michael Hampe, Christof Nel, Günter Krämer and Broadway Director Scott Ellis at opera-houses like Vienna StateOpera, Munich State Opera, Salzburg Easter Festival, Theater an der Wien, Theater St. Gallen, Cologne Opera, Teatro La Venice, Gran Teatro del Liceu etc.

His first won productions was Schönberg`s “Pierrot lunaire” in 1995 in Vienna at Neue Studiobühne Wien. Since then, his Operas-productions include “The Io-Passion” and “Gräfin Mariza” at Theater Magdeburg, “Interfaces (I)” at Cologne Opera, “La Bohème” at Theater Bremerhaven and Opera Naples (Florida), “I Capuleti ei Montecchi “(Theater Gera and Theater Altenburg),“ The Turn of the Screw ”and“ Riders to the Sea ”(Neue Studiobühne Vienna),“ Fidelio ”and“ Tosca ”at Festspiele Werdenberg (CH),“ Die Zauberflöte ”and “Carmen” for the Teatro Nacional Ruben Darìo in Nicaragua, “La voix humaine” at Theater St. Gallen, “Divertimento - Farce for Ensemble” (Kagel) for Music Triennale Cologne, “Missa Nigra” (Schenker) for Forum Neue Musik Cologne, "Tannhäuser", "Arminio" and "The Bartered Bride" for Theater Halberstadt,

Oliver Klöter has been teaching stage-craft for singers at the Academy for Musc and Dance in Cologne for over ten years, and teaches as guest-lecturer at the Conservatory Maastricht (NL), Hochschule der Künste Bremen (D), Jeunesses Musical Germany, New Bulgarian University Sofia (Bulgaria), Tunghai University (Taiwan), Saarburg International Music Festival and Vianden International Music Festival (L).

Mr. Klöter was also Managing Director for Forum Tiberius - International Forum for Culture and Economics in Dresden. This institution organizes music competitions such as “Competizione dell'Opera” -Competition (voice) and “Anton G. Rubinstein” - Competition (piano) and events concerning cultural-political issues.

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Oliver Klöter studied musical theater and film directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where his first production, Schönberg's »Pierrot lunaire«, was also created in 1995. He has assisted directors such as Robert Carsen, David Alden, Christopher Alden, Günter Krämer, Michael Hampe and Torsten Fischer in Vienna, Barcelona, ​​Venice, Madrid, Salzburg, St. Gallen and Cologne, among others. Engagements as a director took Klöter beyond the German-speaking area to Italy, Central America, the Netherlands and the USA. His broad repertoire ranges from music theater works from the baroque to contemporary compositions. He staged Handel's “Arminio”, “Fidelio” and Mozart's “Idomeneo”, “Le nozze di Figaro” and “The Magic Flute”. In 2017 the Mozart project “A caccia di chimere” followed in Montepulciano, Italy, in collaboration with the Cologne University of Music and Dance. With »Carmen«, »Tosca«, »La Bohème« as well as Wagner's »Götterdämmerung« and »Tannhäuser« he also staged a series of operas from the 19th century. In addition, his work also includes works from the 20th century, including “La voix humaine”, “The Turn of the Screw” and Tariverdiev's “Ozhidanie” as well as other works in various venues in Cologne: Kagel's “Divertimento - Face for Ensemble” in the frame the music triennial, the music theater performance "SOLO / Solutions" with works by Kagel, Berio, Sciarrino, Monteverdi and others as well as Schenker's "Missa Nigra" in the Forum Neue Musik. He also staged a series of operas from the 19th century on “La Bohème” as well as Wagner's “Götterdämmerung” and “Tannhauser”. In addition, his work also includes works from the 20th century, including “La voix humaine”, “The Turn of the Screw” and Tariverdiev's “Ozhidanie” as well as other works in various venues in Cologne: Kagel's “Divertimento - Face for Ensemble” in the frame the music triennial, the music theater performance "SOLO / Solutions" with works by Kagel, Berio, Sciarrino, Monteverdi and others as well as Schenker's "Missa Nigra" in the Forum Neue Musik. He also staged a series of operas from the 19th century on “La Bohème” as well as Wagner's “Götterdämmerung” and “Tannhauser”. In addition, his work also includes works from the 20th century, including “La voix humaine”, “The Turn of the Screw” and Tariverdiev's “Ozhidanie” as well as other works in various venues in Cologne: Kagel's “Divertimento - Face for Ensemble” in the frame the music triennial, the music theater performance "SOLO / Solutions" with works by Kagel, Berio, Sciarrino, Monteverdi and others as well as Schenker's "Missa Nigra" in the Forum Neue Musik.
In 2018, in collaboration with Gargonza Arts, he was the curator / project manager of the performative exhibition "Interfaces (I) - a course of the arts" at the Cologne Opera. In the same year he staged "The Bartered Bride" at the Nordharzer Städtebundtheater and "Rigoletto" at the Wernigerode Castle Festival.

Oliver Klöter has been teaching drama at the Cologne University of Music and Dance since 2008 and has been a guest lecturer at the Maastricht Conservatory, Jeunesses Musicales, University of the Arts Bremen, Tunghai University (Taiwan), New Bulgarian University Sofia and Vianden Festival in Luxembourg.

From 2008 to 2009 he was also managing director of the Dresden »Forum Tiberius«, which is dedicated to the international networking of culture and business.

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