Stage association under new management
The Swiss Stage Association has elected Dieter Kaegi as its new President. He succeeds Stephan Märki, who will take over the directorship of Staatstheater Cottbus and thus leave Switzerland.
Dieter Kaegi has been the artistic director of TOBS Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn since 2012 and a member of the Swiss Stage Association (SBV) committee since 2016. He was born in Zurich and studied English and musicology in Zurich, Paris and London. He began his theater career at the Zurich Opera House, followed by stints at the English National Opera, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Salzburg Festival and the Festival in Aix-en-Provençe.
He was director of Opera Ireland in Dublin for 12 years and has been artistic director of Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn since 2012. As a director, Dieter Kaegi has worked on well over 100 productions at the most important opera houses and festivals in Europe, America and Asia.
The SBV is the umbrella organization of the most important professional theaters in Switzerland. It unites 74 theaters in German-speaking Switzerland, French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino. 17 companies are located in German-speaking Switzerland, 1 theater is in Ticino and 56 theaters are in the French-speaking part of the country and form their own association in the Fédération Romande des Arts de la Scène (FRAS). The FRAS is itself a member of the SBC.
