Jürgen Flimm was a German stage and opera director, as well as a theater manager. Flimm was asked to oversee renowned theaters and festivals after becoming recognized as one of the Regietheater’s exponents. Flimm’s operatic creations in Germany launched an international career that saw operas performed in the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, England, Italy, and the United States.
Flimm was born in the German town of Gießen. Flimm studied drama theory, literature, and sociology at the University of Cologne before beginning his career as an assistant director at the Munich Kammerspiele in 1968. Flimm worked as a director at the National Theatre Mannheim and as a senior director at Hamburg’s Thalia Theater (1973-74), then as a freelance director and director at the Schauspiel Cologne.
In 1985, Flimm rejoined the Thalia Theatre, where he was the artistic and financial director for the next fifteen years, and which became one of Germany’s most successful voice theatres under his leadership.
Jürgen Flimm Cause Of Death
The cause of death for Flimm has not yet been revealed.