Luc Bondy
2006 portrait by Oliver Mark
Born	( 1948-07-17 ) 17 July 1948 Zurich , Switzerland
Died	28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) (aged 67) Zurich [1] [2] [3]
Nationality	Swiss
Occupation(s)	Theatre and film director, screenwriter
Years active	1970?2015

Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 ? 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director.

Life and career [ edit ]

Trained in Paris with the theatre teacher Jacques Lecoq , he received a job in 1969 as an assistant at the Hamburg Thalia Theatre . ^[4] In a surprise, he took over in 1985 after the resignation of Peter Stein at the Schaubuhne in Berlin. He also worked as a producer of both plays and operas at the Salzburg Festival , and in 1985 as a director at the Vienna Festival .

He was the director of the most recent version of Tosca , by Puccini , at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Both the opera, as well as the director, were greeted by loud boos on opening night, 21 September 2009. ^[5] The reception was generally negative. ^{[6] [7] [8]} James Levine , the music director at the Metropolitan Opera likened the production to a 'Hitchcock movie' and the cultural critic for the New York Times , Charles McGrath, felt that the new production was a part of Gelb's mission to transform the Met by emphasizing theatricality. ^[9]

In an interview after the premiere of Marc-Andre Dalbavie 's opera Charlotte Salomon , Bondy was asked whether his being Jewish had anything to do with his having directed the production. "So I said to her this is a production about a Jewish artist...the subject is the story of Charlotte Salomon" said Bondy, who then walked out on the interviewer. ^[10]

He died on 28 November 2015 in Zurich. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Direction [ edit ]

Source: ^[11]

Stage productions [ edit ]

• 1971 : Der Narr und die Nonne (The Fool and the Nun) by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz at Gottingen ^[12]
• 1973 : Die See (The Sea) by Edward Bond at the Munich Residenztheater
• 1974 : Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (Faith, Love, Hope) by Odon von Horvath at Hamburg
• 1977 : Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe by Alfred de Musset at the Schaubuhne , Berlin
• 1980 : Happy Days by Samuel Beckett at Cologne
• 1980 : Yvonne, die Burgunderprinzessin (Yvonne, the Princess of Burgundy) by Witold Gombrowicz at Cologne
• 1982 : Macbeth by William Shakespeare at Cologne
• 1983 : Sommer (Summer) by Edward Bond at Munich
• 1984 : Das weite Land (The Far Country) by Arthur Schnitzler at the Theatre des Amandiers in Nanterre
• 1985 : Triumph der Liebe (The Triumph of Love) by Marivaux
• 1989 : Le conte d'hiver by Shakespeare , at Nanterre-Amandier
• 1989 : Die Zeit und das Zimmer (The Time and the Room) by Botho Strauß , at Berlin (premiere)
• 1990 : The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare, at the Lehniner Palace
• 1992 : Schlußchor by Botho Strauß at Berlin (premiere)
• 1993 : John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen at the Theatre de l'Odeon , Paris
• 1993 : Das Gleichgewicht (The Equilibrium) by Botho Strauß, at the Salzburg Festival (premiere)
• 1994 : Die Stunde da wir nichts voneinander wußten by Peter Handke
• 1999 : Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, at the Vienna Festival
• 2000 : Drei Mal Leben by Yasmina Reza , at the Burgtheater in Vienna (premiere)
• 2002 : Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler , at the Burgtheater in Vienna
• 2004 : Cruel & Tender by Martin Crimp , at Young Vic , London (premiere)
• 2005 : Die eine und die andere by Botho Strauß, at Berlin
• 2005 : Viol by Botho Strauß, after Titus Andronicus , at Odeon, Atelier Berthier, Paris
• 2010 : Sweet Nothings by David Harrower from Arthur Schnitzler 's Liebelei at Young Vic , London (premiere)

Opera productions [ edit ]

• 1986: Cosi fan tutte by Mozart (conducted by Sylvain Cambreling ), at Amandier , La Monnaie , Wiener Festwochen
• 1989: L'incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi , revised Philippe Boesmans , at Amandier , La Monnaie
• 1990/1: Don Giovanni by Mozart (conducted by Claudio Abbado , starring Ruggero Raimondi ), at Wiener Festwochen
• 1992: Salome by Richard Strauss (conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi , starring Catherine Malfitano and Anja Silja ), at the Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House
• 1993: Reigen by Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after " La ronde " by Schnitzler) at La Monnaie
• 1995: Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart (conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt ), at the Salzburg Festival
• 1996: Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi (conducted by Antonio Pappano , starring Roberto Alagna , Jose van Dam , Karita Mattila ), at Chatelet , Royal Opera House , Opera de Lyon , Edinburgh Festival
• 1999: Wintermarchen by Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare ), at La Monnaie
• 2000: Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi (conducted Richard Armstrong ), at Wiener Festwochen , Scottish Opera
• 2001: The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten (conducted by Daniel Harding ), at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (reprise 2005)
• 2003: Hercules by Handel (conducted by William Christie with Les Arts Florissants ) at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence , Opera National de Paris , Wiener Festwochen , De Nederlandse Opera
• 2005: Julie by Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after Miss Julie by Strindberg ), at La Monnaie , Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
• 2005: Idomeneo by Mozart (conducted by Daniel Harding ), at Teatro alla Scala , Opera National de Paris (2006)
• 2009: Tosca by Puccini (conducted by James Levine ), at the Metropolitan Opera , New York City (2009); seen later in Munich and Milan
• 2009: libretto for Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne
• 2014: Charlotte Salomon (conducted by Marc-Andre Dalbavie ), at the Salzburg Festival , 2014

Honors [ edit ]

• 1984 Deutscher Kritikerpreis , Theater ^[11]
• 1990 Grand Prix Dominique de la mise en scene ^[11]
• 1992 Inszenierung des Jahres, Theater heute , for Schlusschor ^[11]
• 1997 Hans-Reinhart-Ring ^[11]
• 1998 Theaterpreis der Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung ^[11]
• 2000 Nestroy Theatre Prize 2000, Best Director, for Die Mowe The Seagull ^[11]
• 2001 Stanislawskij-Preis in Moskau for Die Mowe ^[11]
• 2008 Zurcher Festspielpreis fur La seconde surprise de l'amour ^[11]
• 2009 Preis der Kythera-Kulturstiftung Dusseldorf ^[11]
• 2013 Goldenes Ehrenzeichen fur Verdienste um das Land Wien ^[11]
• 2014 Prix de l'Academie de Berlin ^[11]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

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