Theatre
Prof. Norbert Abels
_Voice | Music Theatre
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Opera dramaturgy
_Faculty: 3
_Email:
norbert.abels@folkwang-uni.de
_Phone:
+49 (0) 160_97801535 (private)
_Location: W 214
_Private address:
Theodor-Heuss-Straße 11 | 61440 Oberursel
Vita
Norbert Abels, born in 1953, has been head dramaturg of the Opera of Frankfurt (1997-2020) and guest dramaturg at numerous international theatres since 1985. He studied literary studies and musicology, philosophy and Jewish studies at the Frankfurt Goethe University.
He is professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts as well as lecturer of world literature at the Mediacampus Frankfurt and of cultural and theatre history at the Frankfurt Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst and at the Frankfurt Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.
Among his publications are numerous books on literary, theatre and musical theatre history, including Ohrentheater (2009) and Notenlese (2016). In addition, he has published books on Britten, Büchner, Schnitzler, Henze, Verdi, Wagner, and Werfel as well as studies on German-Jewish poetry.
Since 2006, Norbert Abels has been a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste (German Academy of Performing Arts).