BIOGRAPHIES

 

Hüttler, Michael

Dr.phil., studied theatre, film and media studies as well as journalism and communication studies at Vienna University; worked in a bank for several years prior to studying. Teaches at Vienna University, Department for Theatre-, Film- and Mediastudies. Lectured at Yeditepe University Istanbul (2001 - 2003), and has been conducting research for the Da Ponte Institute and the Don Juan Archiv Wien since 2001. Since 2007, he has been head of Don Juan Archiv Wien Forschungsverlag Current research focuses on forms of music and popular theatre in the eighteenth century. 

Publications on Mozart, Theatre-Ethnology, Business-Theatre, and Experimental Theatre in Austria, including (ed.) Aufbruch zu neuen Welten: Theatralität an der Jahrtausendwende (Frankfurt/Main 2000); (ed.) Theater. Begegnung. Integration? (Frankfurt/Main 2003); Unternehmenstheater. Vom Theater der Unterdrückten zum Theater der Unternehmer? (Stuttgart 2005); (ed.) Hermann Nitsch. Wiener Vorlesungen (Vienna 2005), (ed.) Lorenzo Da Ponte (Vienna 2007), (ed.) Il Corpo del Teatro (Vienna, 2010), (ed.) Ottoman Empire and European Theater Vol.I (Vienna, forthcoming).

Siglum: mh

Project management: Publikationen, Symposia, Bastien und Bastienne, Ottoman Empire and European Theatre 
E-Mail: michael.huettler(at)donjuanarchiv(dot)at

 

Pernerstorfer, Matthias J.

Born in 1976, Eggenburg, Lower Austria. He studied theatre, film and media in Vienna and Munich, having completed a dissertation on the character of the parasite in Ancient Greek Comedy (2001). He received a fellowship (DOC) from the Austrian Academy of Sciences for a thesis on the "Colax" of Menander from 2003 to 2005. Afterwards he worked for the Viennese Da Ponte Institute for Libretto Studies, Don Juan Research und History of Collecting from 2005 to 2006. He is currently on a research project on different aspects of the popular theatre in Vienna in the 18th and 19th centuries for the Don Juan Archiv Wien.

Publications on Ancient Greek Comedy and Viennese Theatre, including "Von Fortunatus Wurzel und Julius Flottwell. Beobachtungen zu Ferdinand Raimunds 'Verschwendern'", in: Hubert Christian Ehalt and Jürgen Hein (eds.), Ferdinand Raimunds inszenierte Fantasien, Wien: Verlag Lehner 2008, pp. 35-48. [pdf-file], "Die Theater-Bibliothek Pálffy", in: Birgit Peter and Martina Payr (eds.), "Wissenschaft nach der Mode"? Die Gründung des Zentralinstituts für Theaterwissenschaft an der Universität Wien 1943, Wien: Lit Verlag 2008, pp. 124-134. [pdf-file], "Karl von Marinellis Spaziergang in den Prater", Nestroyana 2009, Heft 1-2 (2009), pp. 23-32. [pdf-file], Menanders Kolax. Ein Beitrag zu Rekonstruktion und Interpretation der Komödie. Mit Edition und Übersetzung der Fragmente und Testimonien sowie einem dramaturgischen Kommentar (UaLG 99), Berlin - New York: De Gruyter 2009 (link; review).

Siglum: mjp

Project management: Opern- und Theaterrepertoire, Archive, Bibliotheken & Sammlungen, Ariensammlung, Der 30jährige ABC-Schütz, Forschungsgespräche

E-Mail: matthias.j.pernerstorfer(at)donjuanarchiv(dot)at

 

Pfeiffer, Gabriele C.

Mag. Dr., is a theatre researcher and lecturer at universities and independent institutions in Austria (University of Vienna, INST Research Institute for Regional and Transnational Cultural Processes, Jura Soyfer Gesellschaft), Germany (University of Leipzig), Italy (University of Catania) and France (Groupe international de recherches interdisciplinaires "Spectacle vivant et sciences de l'homme" at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris). She was contributing scholar for the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards' "Tracing Roads Across" Documentation Team (2003-06). Dr. Pfeiffer conducted extensive postdoctoral research on Austrian experimental theatre, 1945-1983 and was working on the research-project "Documentation Fo-Theater in den Arbeiterbezirken Wien" (recently published as a book). Her current fields of research include 18th century Austrian theatre history, experimental and intercultural performance, theatre of the neo avant-garde in twentieth century Austria and Italy, and theatre anthropology. At the moment she is researcher at the Don Juan Archiv Wien (Project: Komplex Mauerbach) and Univ.Ass. at the Institute for Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna.

Siglum: gcp

 

Schweitzer, Johannes

Mag. phil., studied musicology at Vienna University with a focus on Italian opera, castrati, and contemporary music. Author of articles for cultural magazines; directs workshops on musicology at various adult education institutions in Vienna. Has worked at the Da Ponte Institute and the Don Juan Archive as a researcher since 2002. Publications include: Lorenzo Da Ponte: Leben und Werk. Zusammengestellt von Wiebke Krohn und Johannes Schweitzer In: Hanak, Werner/Jüdisches Museum Wien (Hrsg.): Lorenzo Da Ponte. Aufbruch in die Neue Welt. (anlässlich der gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Jüdischen Museum Wien vom 22. März bis 17. September 2006) (Ostfildern 2006).

Siglum: js

Project management: Viennese Theatre Collection, Albert Schatz-Collection, Libretti in deutschen Bibliotheken, Libretto-Database Sartori

E-Mail: johannes.schweitzer(at)donjuanarchiv(dot)at

 

Suner, Suna

Suna Suner (M.A.) is a performing arts researcher and a performer. Born in Ankara, Suner received her B.A. degree in Conference Translation & Interpretation (Turkish & English) from Hacettepe University. Having worked as Instructor of English for six years and as Teaching Assistant at the Management of Performing Arts department for two years at Istanbul Bilgi University, she received in 2004 her M.A. degree in Performing Arts from the Middlesex University in London. She worked as stage performer for seven years at the Istanbul-based Kumpanya Theatre Co. Independent performances include: Farewell Blues (Istanbul, 1997/2001), The Trouble of Margaret Walker (Istanbul, 1999/2001), In the Heat of Our Own Pictures (Vienna, 2005), Poem for Family/De Rien (Sinop, 2006). She sang not only in polyphonic choirs, but also with miscellaneous bands including Istanbul Blues Company, having made diverse recordings and having performed as gospel and blues singer in numerous Turkish festivals and venues. In 2006 she was invited as performance artist to the 1st International Sinop Biennial -Sinopale. Between 2004-2007 Suner worked as archive associate at the Viennese Da Ponte Institute and in January 2007 joined the team of Don Juan Archiv Wien as performing arts researcher. Suner currently continues her doctoral studies at the Institute of Theatre, Film & Media Studies at the University of Vienna; and continues her performance work both in Vienna and Istanbul.

Main areas of work and research: Turkish Opera/Opera in Turkey, African-American Music, Culture and Heritage (1920-1970), Kabarettkultur Weimarer Republik (1919-1933), Jazz-singing, Contemporary Performance Studies.

Siglum: ss

Project management: Diplomacy as Cultural Exchange, Symposia

E-Mail: suna.suner(at)donjuanarchiv(dot)at

 

Weidinger, Hans Ernst

Gewerke, Dr. phil., studied law, classical languages, theatre studies and art history at Vienna University, and dance, voice and piano in Vienna and Prague; has conducted study trips to Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Palermo, London and Prague; taught at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; Mozarteum University Salzburg; ISSEI, Pamplona. Founder of Don Juan Archive in 1987. Projects include Wiener Brut (film, Vienna 1982); Constitutionis Theresianae Revocatio (performance, Vienna 1982); La Prétendante Chante (performance, Berlin 1984); Il Giudizio di Don Giovanni (opera - librettist & director, Ratisbon 1986); HIC SAXA LOQVVNTVR (architectural competition, Pfaffenberg - Berlin - Vienna - Venice, 1993-96); Eine Oper für Büropa (opera - librettist & director, Linz 1998); Fermata Greve Piazza (opera - librettist and director, Greve in Chianti, 2002). Publications include: (ed.) Ottoman Empire and European Theater Vol.I (Vienna, forthcoming).

Siglum: hew

Project management: Ernesta Sezzatense, Il dissoluto punito, Bibliographie Don-Juan-Fassung, Bibliography Don Juan Theme

E-Mail: he.weidinger(at)donjuanarchiv(dot)at