Hans-Peter Lehmann was a German opera and arts administrator.
17 Facts About Hans-Peter Lehmann
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Hans-Peter Lehmann served as intendant of the Staatsoper Hannover from 1980 to 2001.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann was professor at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hannover.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann studied music, voice, flute and pantomime at the Hochschule fur Musik Detmold from 1955 to 1957, and studied further musicology, art history and theatre studies at the Free University of Berlin from 1957 to 1958.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann worked as a director in Mainz, Ulm, and Freiburg.
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From 1976 to 1980, Hans-Peter Lehmann worked in his first leading position as opera director at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann directed 31 productions during his tenure, often with George Alexander Albrecht as Generalmusikdirektor.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann was a guest director of performances in Essen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Basel, Milan, Paris, Venice and Chicago.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann directed Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and the Ring cycle, and he engaged other directors for more stage works by Wagner.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann had a strong sense for talent, giving singers such as Renate Behle, Johannes Martin Kranzle and Rainer Trost and director Herbert Wernicke the foundation for an international career.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann initiated a remodeling of the opera house to achieve better acoustics.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann introduced operas from the 20th century, against the initial resistance of the audience, including several world premieres and first performances.
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In 2000, Hans-Peter Lehmann directed the world premiere of Volker David Kirchner's Gilgamesh, commissioned for the Expo 2000, with stage design by Ekkehard Grubler and conducted by Stefan Sanderling.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann programmed works related to Hanover, such as Steffani's Enrico Leone, works by Wolf-Ferrari and by Heinrich Marschner, whose Der Babu was played in a concert version, while he directed Hans Heiling.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann completed his time in Hanover in 2001 directing a production of Hindemith's Mathis der Maler.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann then became an honorary member of the Staatsoper Hannover.
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Hans-Peter Lehmann was a professor at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hannover and a member of the Kuratorium der Burgerstiftung Hannover, inspiring the cultural development of the city.