Götz Friedrich

Born 4 August 1930 in Berlin, Germany

Died 12 December 2000 (aged 70)

Götz Friedrich was a German opera and theatre director. He was a student and assistant of Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper Berlin in Berlin, where he went on to direct his early productions. He first came to international prominence with a controversial 1972 production of Wagner's Tannhäuser at Bayreuth.