Otto Schenk
Austrian actor and director (1930-2025) · Austria · On the map · Actors · Died at 94
Otto Schenk was an Austrian actor, stage director for plays and opera, and theatre director. He worked internationally at major houses such as the Vienna State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Schenk's operatic productions included works by Mozart, Verdi, Richard Strauss and Alban Berg.
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The Metropolitan Opera: ArabellaFilm, 2025Director2023Österreichischer MusiktheaterpreisAward2019
Fidelio - Wiener StaatsoperFilm, Director2018Die NachbarnSeries, Adalbert Hausman2016
Leoš Janáček: Das schlaue FüchsleinFilm, Director2014
DENK mit KULTURSeries
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Metropolitan OperaFilm, 2014Director2012
Aus dem ArchivSeries2010ErlesenSeries2000Menschen der WocheSeries1999
Ein Herz wird wieder jungFilm, Friedrich Hoffmann1995Order of Karl ValentinAward
Unser Opa ist der BesteFilm, 1995Franz Sedlak1994
alfredissimo! Kochen mit BioSeries1993Bavarian TV AwardsAward
Richard Wagner: ParsifalFilm, 1993Director1990Romy AwardSeries
Das RheingoldFilm, 1990Director1988
Starke ZeitenFilm, Eugen Doleschal1986ShowgeschichtenSeries1985Spiel im SchlossFilm, Director, Writer1978
Beethoven FidelioFilm, Director1973
ReigenFilm, Director, Writer1971
Dalli DalliSeries1969Der Kaufmann von VenedigFilm, Director1961
Der Bauer als MillionärFilm, Lorenz1955Was bin ich?Series1930Born12 June 1930People around Otto
Helmuth Lohner Otto directed Merry-Go-Round (1976)
Peter Weck Also in Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972)
Gertraud Jesserer Also in Der Kaufmann von Venedig and Reigen
Brian Large Also in Die Fledermaus and Die Walküre
Siegfried Jerusalem Also in Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung
Hans Brenner Otto directed Merry-Go-Round (1976)
Heinz Zednik Also in Andrea Chenier and Das Rheingold
Karl Spiehs Produced Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972)
Christine Ostermayer Also in Love Maybe and Komtesse Mizzi
Maria Schneider Otto directed Merry-Go-Round (1976)
Helmut Berger Otto directed Merry-Go-Round (1976)
Christa Ludwig Also in Die Walküre and Das Rheingold- Kurt Moll Also in Die Walküre and Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Hildegard Behrens Also in Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung
Matti Salminen Also in Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung- Axel Corti Directed A Woman's Pale Blue Handwriting (1984)
- Boy Gobert Also in Ich heiße Robert Guiscard (1960)
James Morris Also in Die Walküre, Das Rheingold and Siegfried
Michael Heltau Otto directed Merry-Go-Round (1976)
Erika Pluhar Otto directed Merry-Go-Round (1976)
Guido Wieland Also in Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972)- Harald Vock Directed Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972)
Veit Heiduschka Produced Love Maybe (2016)
Michael Katz Produced Love Maybe (2016)
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He directed the world premiere of Friedrich Cerha's Baal at the Salzburg Festival in 1981. Some of his productions have remained in the repertoire for decades, such as Puccini's La Bohème at the Bavarian State Opera from 1969, Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss at the Vienna State Opera from 1972, and his traditionalist version of Wagner's Ring cycle at the Metropolitan Opera from 1986 to 2009. Schenk also directed films of operas and plays, and was on the board of directors of the Salzburg Festival and the Theater in der Josefstadt.
In the same film or series as Otto
Regula MühlemannAlso in Die Fledermaus - Wiener Staatsoper (2020)
Martin BenrathAlso in Spiel im Schloss (1985)
René KolloAlso in Beethoven Fidelio (1978)
Piotr BeczałaAlso in Rusalka - Metropolitan Opera (2014)
Gerhard ZemannAlso in Ein Herz wird wieder jung (1999)
Joseph EggerAlso in Das haben die Mädchen gern (1963)