Kirsten Harms – Korndörffer Kommunikationsberatung

Kirsten
Harms

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  • German stage director and general manager at various opera houses
  • Studied musicology at the University of Hamburg and music theatre direction at the Hamburg University of Music and Performing Arts
  • One of the first young female directors in Germany to succeed as an opera director at the end of the 1980s
  • Lecturer on voice-over and theatre directing at the Hamburg University of Music and Performing Arts on the “Musical theatre directing” course (1992 – 1994)
  • General Manager at the Kiel Opera, which became one of the most successful medium-sized opera houses in the German-speaking world under her direction (1995-2003)
  • Stage Director at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2003)
  • General Manager at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2004)
    The first woman worldwide to hold the position of general manager at a major opera house
    | Renowned for rediscovering great operas by outlawed and persecuted composers
    | During her time at Deutsche Oper Berlin, tickets sold rose by 22% and revenues doubled
  • Stage director in France, Italy and Sweden
  • Vice-President of the International Women’s Forum Germany (since 2016)
  • Wikipedia entry