The successor to Fichtenholz is called Weber
Annette Weber will be the new Opera Director of Zurich Opera House from the 2021/22 season. The current casting director of the Hamburg State Opera will succeed Michael Fichtenholz at the Limmat
According to the Zurich Opera House's press release, Annette Weber studied theater and musicology in Mainz, while also gaining experience as an assistant director and working as a stage manager at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe until 2004. She then held the same position at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin until 2010. There she also gave scenic lessons to members of the International Opera Studio and worked on "Carnival of the Animals" and "The Magic Flute" as part of the Musikkindergarten Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.
Between 2010 and 2016, she worked regularly with Stefan Herheim in Berlin, Bayreuth and Salzburg, among others. From 2013 to 2018, she worked as a consultant for the Artistic Directorate of the Semperoper Dresden, where she was responsible for artistic matters and casting. She then moved to the Hamburg State Opera.
