Grand Prix Theater for Jossi Wieler
This year's Swiss Grand Prix Theater / Hans Reinhart Ring goes to opera and theater director Jossi Wieler. The other five theater prizes go to director Boris Nikitin, puppeteer Kathrin Bosshard, author and dramaturge Mats Staub, scenographer Sylvie Kleiber and Geneva's Théâtre du Loup.
Jossi Wieler, born in Kreuzlingen in 1951, now lives in Berlin. He studied directing at Tel Aviv University, worked for many years as an acting director and has received numerous awards for his productions. Since 1994, he has also been directing music theater together with Sergio Morabito. At the Stuttgart State Opera, where Jossi Wieler was artistic director from 2011 to 2018, the directing duo created over 25 productions. At the end of February 2020, they staged Giacomo Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots" at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
The Swiss Grand Prix Theater / Hans Reinhart Ring continues the tradition of the most important Swiss theater prize awarded by the Swiss Society for Theater Culture (SGTK) since 1957 and honors a personality or institution of Swiss theater creation. The prize money amounts to CHF 100,000.
