TEO OTTO

TEO OTTO was the most important and demanded stage designer of the German-speaking theater after WWII. He arranged more than 800 productions.

1904

born in Remscheid, Germany

1926

graduate of the Art Academy Kassel, Germany, Assistant of Dülberg at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany

27 – 32

leading stage designer at the National Theater Berlin

1933

voluntary emigration to Zürich. Until his death leading stage designer at the Schauspielhaus Zürich

52 – 58

Lecturer at the State Academy Kassel

1958 until his death: Professor at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf
1968 died in Frankfurt
Visiting stage designer in Vienna (Burgtheater, Staatsoper), at the Salzburg Festival, at numerous German and Swiss theaters and operas, at Mailand, Paris, London, Edinburg, New York, Tel Aviv.
Important world premieres of B. Brecht’s, M. Frisch’s, F. Dürrenmatt’s famous plays.