Benedikt Zehm

Birthplace:
Munich, Germany

Studies:
Chemistry at the Technische Universität München
Chemistry degree at the TU München

Important productions:
“Die schweigsame Frau” (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2010), “Pelléas et Mélisande” (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2015), “Mauerschau” (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2016), “Tonguecat” (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2016) “Die Vorübergehenden” (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2018), “Duo” (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2019), “Mignon” (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2020), “Cosi fan tutte” (National Opera Seoul, 2018), “Schlafes Bruder” (Theater St. Gallen, 2016), “Jahreszeiten” (Theater St. Gallen / Opernhaus Graz, 2019), “Rigoletto” (Glyndebourne Opera House, 2019), “Il primo omicidio” (Oéra de Paris Palais Garnier / Staatsoper unter den Linden, 2019), “Le Nozze di Figaro” (Theater an der Wien, 2020)

Career stages:
Lighting Master and Assistant for the head of the Lighting Department at the Bayerische Staatsoper (since 1990)
Lighting Designer at the Bayerische Theaterakademie (1993-2013)
Employed in the Lighting department at the Bayerische Staatsoper (1990)

Cooperations:
Romeo Castellucci, Barrie Kosky, Christiane Lutz, Nanine Linning, Ludger Engels, Nicolas Brieger, Beate Vollack