Götz Friedrich

Götz Friedrich

Born

August 4, 1930

Died

December 12, 2000 (70 years old)

Known For

Directing

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Götz Friedrich was a German opera and theatre director. He was a student and assistant of Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper Berlin in Berlin, where he went on to direct his early productions. He first came to international prominence with a controversial 1972 production of Wagner's Tannhäuser at Bayreuth.