Background
Neher was born in Augsburg. Their son, Georg, was born on 14 October 1924.
librettist scenographer university professor
Neher was born in Augsburg. Their son, Georg, was born on 14 October 1924.
In 1919, he studied under Angelo Jank at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
He was first engaged professionally by the Munich Kammerspiele in 1922, although his designs for its production of Brecht"s Drums in the Night were rejected. On 18 August 1923, Neher married Erika Tornquist in Graz. In autumn 1926, Neher became the staff designer at the Berlin Staatstheater.
A year later, he became head of design at the Grillo-Theater in Essen, Germany, where he designed 8 operas and 11 plays.
He died in Vienna.
(All plays by Bertolt Brecht unless otherwise stated)
1923. Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist at the Berlin Staatstheater.
Director Jürgen Fehling
1923.
In the Jungle at the Residenztheater in Munich
1924. The Life of Edward II of England at the Munich Kammerspiele.
Director Brecht
1924. Jungle: Decline of a Family at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
Director Erich Engel
1925. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare at the Lessing-Theater in Berlin.
Director Erich Engel
1925. Circle of Chalk in a version by Klabund at the Deutsches Theater.
Director Max Reinhardt
1926.
Lysistrata by Aristophanes at the Deutsches Theater. Director Erich Engel
1926. Baal at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin
1926.
Manitoba Equals Manitoba at the Landestheater Darmstadt.
Director Jacob Geis
1926. Earth Spirit and Pandora"s Box by Frank Wedekind at the Berlin Staatstheater.
Director Erich Engel
1927. The Little Mahagonny at the Deutsche Kammermusik Festival at Baden-Baden.
Director Brecht
1927. Die Wupper by Else Lasker-Schüler at the Berllin Staatstheater.
Director Carl Ebert
1928. Manitoba Equals Manitoba at the Berlin Volksbühne. Director Erich Engel
1928.
Kalkutta, 4.
Mai by Lion Feuchtwanger at the Berlin Staatstheater. Director Erich Engel
1928. The Threepenny Opera at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, music by Kurt Weill
1928.
Carmen by Georges Bizet at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin
1929.
Pioneers in Ingolstadt by Marieluise Fleißer at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin. Director Brecht and Jacob Geis
1929.
Moritat, Moschopoulos, and Sganarelle by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny at the Grillo-Theater, Essen
1929. Wozzeck by Alban Berg
1930.
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Neues Theater in Leipzig.
Music by Kurt Weill. Director Walter Brugmann
1931. Manitoba Equals Manitoba at the Berlin Staatstheater.
Director
Brecht
1931. The Threepenny Opera, costume design for the cinematic adaptation directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
1931. From the House of the Dead by Leoš Janáček at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin
1932. Die Bürgschaft, libretto and design by Neher, music by Kurt Weill, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Director
Ebert
1932. Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Director Ebert
1932. Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Salle Gaveau in Paris. Director Hans Curjel
1932.
Oliver Cromwells Sendung by Walter Gilbricht at the Volksbühne.
Director Hilpert
1938. Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Director Ebert
1949. Mr Puntila and his Manitoba Matti at the Berliner Ensemble in East Berlin.