David Hermann becomes professor of directing in the music theater program

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The Theater Academy of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama is pleased to announce the appointment of David Hermann to the professorship of the Musical Theatre Directing course. This is the first time since Götz Friedrich, the founder of the course, that a director will be leading this important course.

David Hermann has established himself as one of the most distinguished opera directors of his generation. After studying directing at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, he won the Ring Award in Graz in 2000. In 2018, he was nominated as "Director of the Year" at the International Opera Awards for the Krenek Trilogy at Oper Frankfurt and won the "Rediscovery of the Year" category. In 2023, David Hermann received the German Theater Award "Der Faust" for his production of the world premiere of Gordon Kampe's "Dogville" at the Aalto Theater Essen.

The Franco-German director has accompanied and staged many world premieres at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Staatstheater Nürnberg, the Opernhaus Zürich, the Theater Basel, the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg, the Opéra de Lyon and the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp as well as at the Ruhrtriennale and the Biennale in Munich.

For David Hermann, Hamburg is an attractive location: "I am looking forward to working at the Theaterakademie, which, with its three stages, its proximity to the drama course and the interdisciplinary exchange with the fields of composition, singing and instrumental studies, offers an extremely creative playing field for future musical theatre professionals. The cooperation with other universities and theaters in the Hanseatic city also opens up exciting opportunities for students."

We look forward to welcoming David Hermann to his new position on April 1!