Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach

Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach was born in Hamburg in 1971 and read American studies, German studies, the theory of education and art history. His doctoral dissertation at Hamburg University was an interdisciplinary study of Gertrude Stein, Sherwood Anderson and modern art. He has worked regularly with Stefan Herheim since the latter's graduate production of Die Zauberflöte, notably on I puritani and Don Giovanni in Essen, Madama Butterfly in Vienna, Giulio Cesare in Oslo, La forza del destino in Berlin and Das Rheingold in Riga and Bergen. He currently teaches American studies at the University of Hamburg, with particular emphasis on American literature, painting and music, and also lectures on dramaturgy at the city's Academy of Applied Sciences, while pursuing a freelance career giving classes on art and culture. He has also worked as dramaturge on Karoline Gruber's production of Ariadne auf Naxos in Leipzig.

Among his collaborations with Stefan Herheim was Stefan Herheim's production of Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival 2008, which also will be shown in 2009.

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