Bettina Auer

Birthplace:
Heidelberg, Germany

Studies:
Musical theater directing at the University of Music and Theater Hamburg, musicology and German studies at the University of Hamburg and the TU Berlin

Career stages:
As a freelance production dramaturge (since 2012): Amsterdam Opera, Teatro Argentino (Pepita Jiménez), Teatro Canal Madrid, Antwerp Opera (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Parsifal, Tannhäuser, The Flying Dutchman, Macbeth), Schwetzingen SWR Festival, Salzburg Festival (Mozart trilogy, Aida), Berlin Philharmonic, Oslo National Theatre (Ein Traumspiel), Theater an der Wien (incl. Capriccio, Ring Trilogy, Elijah), Oslo Opera (The Tales of Hoffmann, La Traviata, Tosca), Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao (St. John Passion), Opéra National de Paris (Lear, The Exterminating Angel), Grand Théâtre de Genève (Jenufa, Katya Kabanova), Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Staatsoper Berlin and others.
Permanent engagements as music dramaturge and head dramaturge: Theater in Bern, Theater Darmstadt, Theater Basel, Komische Oper Berlin

Cooperations with directors:
Calixto Bieito, Tatjana Gürbaca, Stefan Bachmann, Karin Beier, Claus Guth, Jasmina Hadziahmetovic, Andreas Homoki, Barrie Kosky, Hans Neuenfels, Stefan Pucher, Corinna von Rad, Joachim Schlömer, Nicolas Stemann, Michael Thalheimer, et al.

Teaching:
Directing class at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts, Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, lecturer at the Frankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Theater and Music Leipzig, Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Heidelberg University