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He is a member of the Akademie der K\u00fcnste Berlin, of Freie Akademie der K\u00fcnste Hamburg as well as S\u00e4chsischen Akademie der K\u00fcnste Dresden. He has directed more than 200 productions, including at the Bayreuth Festival:  <STRONG>Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>Der Ring des Nibelungen<\/STRONG> (Wagner), at the Salzburg Festival:<STRONG> Die schwarze Maske<\/STRONG> (Penderecki) as well as <STRONG>Giovanna d&#8217;arco<\/STRONG>,<STRONG> Macbeth<\/STRONG> (Verdi) and the world premiere of <STRONG>Bernarda Albas Haus<\/STRONG> (Reimann) at the Bavarian Staatsoper, <STRONG>The Devils of Loudon<\/STRONG> (Penderecki) and<STRONG> West Side Story<\/STRONG> (Bernstein) in Dresden. 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