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'''Daniela Kerck''' is a German scenic designer and stage director who has worked internationally. She directed and created the stage for Jörg Widmann's opera ''[[Babylon (opera)|Babylon]]'' that opened the 2022 [[Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden]] in 2022

'''Daniela Kerck''' is a German scenic designer and stage director who has worked internationally. She directed and created the stage for Jörg Widmann's opera ''[[Babylon (opera)|Babylon]]'' that opened the 2022 [[Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden]] in 2022, and again for Puccini's ''[[Turandot]]'' for the 2024 festival. Her staging of the world premiere of [[Søren Nils Eichberg]]'s ''Oryx and Crake'' was nominated for the 2023 [[International Opera Awards]].

== Life and career ==

Kerck studied stage design at the [[Academy of Fine Arts Vienna]] with [[Erich Wonder]].<ref name="Schnakenberg" /><ref name="Yefimenko" /> Her thesis was titled "Every Room is the Centre of the World". She worked as Wonder's assistant at the [[Zürich Opera House]], the [[Berlin State Opera]] and the [[Bavarian State Opera]], among others.<ref name="WiesbadenYefimenko" /> She assistedmade himscenic designs for ''the [[SalomeSchauspielhaus (opera)|SalomeWien]]'' by Richard Strauss for a production at, the [[VolksoperLatvian National Opera]], in Vienna directed bythe [[LucThéâtre du BondyChâtelet]] thatin wasParis alsoand presentedthe atTeatro [[La Scala]]Zarzuela in MilanMadrid.<ref name="VolksoperSchnakenberg" /><!-- She wasrecreated anthe assistantscenic todesign bothby {{ill|PeterWonder Mussbach|de}}-->for She''[[Salome made(opera)|Salome]]'' scenicby designsRichard forStrauss, thedirected by [[SchauspielhausLuc WienBondy]], for a production at the [[Latvian National OperaVolksoper]], in Vienna in 2023 that had first been presented at the [[ThéâtreSalzburg du ChâteletFestival]], inlater Parisalso andat the[[La Teatro ZarzuelaScala]] in MadridMilan.<ref name="SchnakenbergVolksoper" />

Kerck studied music theatre direction at the [[Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe]]<ref name="Schnakenberg" /><ref name="Karlsruhe" /> with Andrea Raabe and {{ill|Stephan Mösch|de}}, and attended [[master class]]es with [[Peter Konwitschny]] and [[Tatjana Gürbaca]].<ref name="Yefimenko" /> She worked as assistant director to [[Johannes Schaaf]] at the [[War Memorial Opera House|San Francisco War Memorial Opera]] and the [[Aalto Theatre]] in Essen.<ref name="Yefimenko" /> She directed Verdi's ''[[Aida]]'' at the Tiroler Festspiele in [[Erl]] in 2019.<ref name="Schnakenberg" />

She directed and created the scene for several performances at the [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden]], both plays and operas. She has worked regularly with costume designer Andrea Schmidt-Futterer<ref name="Yefimenko" /><ref name="Schmidt-Futterer" /> and video artist Astrid Steiner.<ref name="Yefimenko" /> She staged in Wiesbaden [[Joshua Harmon (playwright)|Joshua Harmon]]'s ''Admissions'' in 2021, the German premiere of the play,<ref name="Schnakenberg" /><ref name="Fischer" /> and ''[[The Minutes (play)|The Minutes]]'' by Tracy Letts.<ref name="Hladek" /> She created Jörg Widmann's opera ''[[Babylon (opera)|Babylon]]'' for the opening performance of 2022 [[Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden]], acknowledged by the press<ref name="Yefimenko" /><ref name="Uske 2022" /> and the composer.<ref name="Yefimenko" /> She created Dvořák's ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'' in collaboration with soprano Olesya Golovneva.<ref name="Sternburg" />

Kerck studied music theatre direction at the [[Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe]]<ref name="Schnakenberg" /> with Andrea Raabe and {{ill|Stephan Mösch|de}}, and attended [[master class]]es with [[Peter Konwitschny]] and [[Tatjana Gürbaca]].<ref name="Wiesbaden" /> She worked as assistant director to [[Johannes Schaaf]] at the [[War Memorial Opera House|San Francisco War Memorial Opera]] and the [[Aalto Theatre]] in Essen.<ref name="Wiesbaden" /> She directed Verdi's ''[[Aida]]'' at the Tiroler Festspiele in [[Erl]] in 2019.<ref name="Schnakenberg" />

SheKerck directed and created sets for several performances at the [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden]], both plays such as [[Joshua Harmon (playwright)|Joshua Harmon]]'s ''Admissions'' and ''[[The Minutes (play)|The Minutes]]'' by Tracy Letts, and opera. She created Jörg Widmann's ''[[Babylon (opera)|Babylon]]'' for the opening performance of 2022 [[Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden]]<ref name="Wiesbaden" /> and Dvořák's ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'' in collaboration with soprano Olesya Golovneva.<ref name="Wiesbaden" /><ref name="Sternburg" /> Her work forstaged the world premiere of [[Søren Nils Eichberg]]'s opera ''Oryx and Crake'', based on [[Oryx and Crake|the novel by Margaret Atwood]], on 18 February 2023;<ref name="Yefimenko" /> it was nominated for the 2023 [[International Opera Awards]].<ref name="operawire" /><ref name="Hochheim" /><ref name="Karlsruhe" /> She directed and also created the scene for Puccini's ''[[Turandot]]'' in her sets for the 2024 Internationale Maifestspiele, conducted by [[Yoel Gamzou]].<ref name="WiesbadenUske" /> When Puccini died in 1924, he had not yet set the happy ending of the libretto to music.; Kerck decided to use none of the three available completions of Puccini's opera by others.<ref Hername="Zibulski endingpreview" used/> insteadShe framed the exotic story around Turandot by scenes in Puccini's library, where he composes in the beginning ofat a Requiemgrand thatpiano, Pucciniserved hadby composeda earlierhousekeeper.<ref name="Uske"Dressed /><refin name="Franke"a />white <!--Shesuit throughout the performance, he is identified with the Prince{{who|date=May 2024}}in the story, and the housekeeper with Líu who is active on stage for most of the composertime. WhenIn hethe diedend, inwhen Liú has taken her life and the endmusic by Puccini ends,{{who the Puccini on stage receives a kiss of death from Turandot and dies on the piano bench, to Puccini's "[[Requiem (Puccini)|dateRequiem]]" antiphon composed in 1905.<ref name=May"Uske" 2024}}/><ref --name="Franke" /><ref name="Zibulski" />

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| quote = In diesen Parallelwelten agieren die Protagonisten in Doppelrollen, Turandot/die Ehefrau Puccinis,[...] Wenn Liù tot auf der Bühne [...] erhebt sich Liù zu neuem Leben.

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<ref name="Hladek">{{cite web

| last = Hladek

| first = Marcus

| url = https://www.fr.de/kultur/theater/the-minutes-in-wiesbaden-big-cherry-wie-es-begann-91284966.html

| title = "The Minutes" in Wiesbaden: Big Cherry, wie es begann

| newspaper = [[Frankfurter Rundschau]]

| date = 2 February 2022

| language = de

| access-date = 23 May 2024

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<ref name="Schmidt-Futterer">{{cite web

| last = Schmitt-Futterer

| first = Andrea

| url = https://www.schmidt-futterer.net/en/chronology/

| title = Chronology

| website = schmidt-futterer.net

| date = 2024

| language = de

| access-date = 23 May 2024

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<ref name="Uske 2022">{{cite web

| last = Uske

| first = Bernhard

| url = https://www.fr.de/kultur/theater/babylon-bei-den-maifestspielen-im-warenlager-der-letzten-bedeutungen-91516293.html

| title = "Babylon" bei den Maifestspielen: Im Warenlager der letzten Bedeutungen

| newspaper = [[Frankfurter Rundschau]]

| date = 2 May 2022

| language = de

| access-date = 7 July 2022

| archive-date = 7 July 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220707221629/https://www.fr.de/kultur/theater/babylon-bei-den-maifestspielen-im-warenlager-der-letzten-bedeutungen-91516293.html

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<ref name="Yefimenko">{{cite magazine

| last = Yefimenko

| first = Adelina

| url = https://www.ioco.de/wiesbaden-oryx-and-crake-regisseurin-daniela-kerck-im-gesprach-ioco-interview-01-06-2023/

| type = interview

| title = Wiesbaden, Oryx and Crake - Regisseurin Daniela Kerck im Gespräch

| magazine = IOCO

| date = 1 June 2023

| language = de

| access-date = 23 May 2024

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<ref name="Zibulski">{{cite news

| last = Zibulski

| first = Axel

| url = https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/kultur/packende-turandot-am-staatstheater-wiesbaden-19655945.html

| title = Starke Frauen auf der Bühne

| newspaper = [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]

| date = 28 April 2024

| language = de

| access-date = 21 May 2024

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<ref name="Zibulski preview">{{cite news

| last = Zibulski

| first = Axel

| url = https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/kultur/am-ende-ein-requiem-puccinis-turandot-am-staatstheater-wiesbaden-19650398.html

| title = Am Ende ein Requiem

| newspaper = [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]

| date = 12 April 2024

| language = de

| access-date = 21 May 2024

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<ref name="Fischer">{{cite web

| url = https://www.fischer-theater.de/theater/stueck/admissions/3535681

| title = Joshua Harmon / Admissions

| date = 2024

| publisher = [[S. Fischer Verlag|S. Fischer]]

| language = de

| access-date = 23 May 2024

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<ref name="operawire">{{cite web

| url = https://operawire.com/international-opera-awards-2023-announces-shortlist-of-nominees/

| title = International Opera Awards 2023 Announces Shortlist of Nominees

| date = 19 October 2023

| website = operawire.com

| access-date = 21 May 2024

}}</ref>

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== External links ==

<ref name="Wiesbaden">{{cite web

* {{official website|https://www.danielakerck.com/}}

* [https://www.operabase.com/daniela-kerck-a48430/en Daniela Kerck / Stage director Set designer] Operabase

* {{cite web

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* {{youtube|qKLdPFWcIp0|Trailer Turandot}} [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden|Staatstheater Wiesbaden]] 2024

== External links ==

* {{official|https://www.danielakerck.com/}}

* [https://www.operabase.com/daniela-kerck-a48430/en Daniela Kerck / Stage director Set designer] Operabase

* [https://theater-tv.net/v/590 Oryx and Crake - Søren Nils Eichberg] theater-tv.net

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