Oberst Grubert

Jürgen studied Opera Direction in Hamburg under the auspices of the legendary Götz Friedrich. After getting a BfA he began working on documentary and short films, as well as music videos. This laid the groundwork for the next few years writing and directing for numerous German television stations. In 2005 Jürgen returned to his operatic roots, concentrating primarily on late romatic operas. In the past few years he has directed in Hamburg, Leipzig, Erfurt and Chemnitz. The pop-culture aesthetic and ironic de-construction of the late-romantic opera and his opposition to the Regietheater defined Jürgen’s trademark approach to the genre. In 2011 Jürgen directed “Robin Hood” by Albert Dietrich at the Theater Erfurt, Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” at the Mainfranken Theater in Würzburg, as well as the critically acclaimed world premiere of British composer Jonathan Dove’s chamber opera “Swanhunter“. In this production he also did the stage and costume design. In 2014 he directed the Opera “Der Traum ein Leben” written by the Walter Braunfels in Bonn and Handels “Hercules” in Oldenburg. 2 more projects in Bonn were: “Winterreise” and “Holofernes“. He wrote with Charles Hart a libretto for the opera “Marx in London”, which will have it’s premiere in 2018 under his direction in Bonn. And Jürgen is composing a Zombie-Opera called “WTF or a male feminists rape fantasy”. In 2017 he finished his Movie OPEN WOUND the Über-movie which won multiple awards in international Film Festivals.