Achim Freyer
Achim Freyer is a German stage director, set designer and painter. A protégé of Bertolt Brecht, Freyer has become one of the world's leading opera directors, working throughout Europe and, since 2002, in the United States, principally with the Los [Angeles Opera]. Since 1992, Freyer has developed a number of productions featuring his own troupe of performers, known as the Freyer Ensemble.
Freyer staged a controversial production of Wagner's Ring Cycle in Los Angeles in 2010, praised by many critics but criticised by some of its own stars.
Awards
- 1987: Kainz-Medaille of Vienna
- 1990: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2000:
- 2005:
- 2007:
- 2015: Nestroy Theatre Prize for his life's work
- 2016: Der Faust in the category Bühne/Kostüm for Esame di mezzanotte, Nationaltheater Mannheim
- 2022: Der Faust, lifetime achievement