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Rudolf Sellner (Gustav Rudolf Sellner) was born on 25 May, 1905 in Traunstein, is a German actor (1905–1990). Discover Rudolf Sellner's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?
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Gustav Rudolf Sellner |
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Actor
Dramaturge
Stage director
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84 years old |
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Gemini |
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25 May, 1905 |
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25 May |
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Traunstein |
Date of death |
8 May, 1990 |
Died Place |
Burgberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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Rudolf Sellner Net Worth
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Rudolf Sellner, born Gustav Rudolf Sellner (25 May 1905 – 8 May 1990 ) was a German actor, dramaturge, stage director, and intendant.
Born Gustav Rudolf Sellner in Traunstein, he began his career as an actor, dramaturge and stage director at theatres in Mannheim under Francesco Sioli from 1925, in Gotha from 1928, and in Coburg from 1929 to 1931.
He was an Oberspielleiter, dramaturge and actor at the Landestheater Oldenburg from 1932 to 1937 when he was promoted to Schauspieldirektor (director of plays) there.
Sellner joined the Nazi Party in 1933.
He was Intendant of the Deutsches Theater Göttingen from 1940 to 1943.
Sellner was married from 1940 to the actress Manuela Bruhn and from 1951 to Ilse Sellner.
The first marriage produced two children.
He died in Burgberg, part of Königsfeld im Schwarzwald.
Sellner directed several operas for television, and appeared as an actor in films:
Sellner was Intendant of the Niedersächsisches Staatstheater Hannover from 1943.
He also directed the Theaterschule Hannover, a school of acting as part of the Landesmusikschule Hannover.
In 1944 he was appointed Generalintendant of the Städtische Bühnen.
In October 1944, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht.
After World War II, he was a prisoner of war and was interned until 1947 in two U.S. prisoner camps.
From 1948 to 1951, he worked as a stage director in Kiel, Essen and Hamburg.
He staged in Kiel in 1948 The Persians by Aeschylus, and in 1950 Lorca's Bernarda Albas Haus.
In the process of denazification in 1949, he was ranked as a Mitläufer, revised in 1950 to "entlastet".
He represented in the 1950s a radical Instrumentales Theater (instrumental theatre).
He staged notable world premieres, including Ernst Barlach's play Der Graf von Ratzeburg in 1951, Ionesco's Mörder ohne Bezahlung in 1958, Giselher Klebe's Alkmene in 1961 for the opening of the Deutsche Oper, and Aribert Reimann's opera Melusine in 1971.
From 1951 to 1961, Sellner was Intendant of the Landestheater Darmstadt.
He staged the premiere of Ernst Barlach's Der Graf von Ratzeburg in 1951.
Sellner also had a small theater school in Darmstadt.
When the state ceased subsidies in 1954 in the face of a lack of placement success among the graduates, the theater school had to be dissolved.
In 1954, Sellner staged Shakespeare's Troilus und Cressida at the Staatliche Schauspielbühne Berlin, and his Der Sturm at the 1959 Ruhrfestspiele.
In Darmstadt, he directed the premiere of Ionesco's Mörder ohne Bezahlung in 1958.
In 1959, he was invited by Carl Ebert to stage Schoenberg's opera Moses und Aron at the Städtische Oper Berlin.
He worked as a regular guest at the Burgtheater, staging a cycle of plays by Sophocles, Oedipus Rex in 1960, Antigone in 1961, and Elektra in 1963.
Sellner had a reputation for being a representative of classical theatre.
After decades of acting and directing plays, he turned to staging operas, and was a long-time intendant of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1961, when the Berlin Wall was built.
He became Generalintendant (General manager) of the opera company, now called Deutsche Oper Berlin, in 1961.
It was during the Cold War, and he was expected to showcase culture in West Berlin in a new opera house.
A few weeks before the opening, the Berlin Wall was built, making the ambitious opening performances even more of a logistical challenge.
The third day, Verdi's Aida was shown in a production by Wieland Wagner.
He staged Mussorgsky's Boris Godunow in 1971 in Berlin, the premiere of Aribert Reimann's Melusine the same year at the Schwetzingen Festival, Alban Berg's Wozzeck also the same year at the Salzburg Festival, Mozart's Idomeneo at the Salzburg Festival in 1973, Gottfried von Einem's Der Besuch der alten Dame at the Nationaltheater München in 1975, and Thomas Bernhard's Die Jagdgesellschaft at the Theater Basel in 1974, among others.
Occasionally, Sellner also worked for television and film.
In Maximilian Schell's production Der Fußgänger, Sellner played the title role while Schell personified his deceased son.
Sellner held the post at the Deutsche Oper Berlin until 1972.