Lois Lammerhuber honored with special prize for achievements in music theater for his photography of the Vienna State Opera, published in 14 books (EDITION LAMMERHUBER)
On Sunday, 1 September 2024, the best artists of the year were honored in 15 categories as well as with eight special prizes as part of a gala matinee at Volksoper Vienna.
The Austrian Music Theater Prize awards ceremony was complete with glamorous Hollywood flair on the red carpet as well as international stars including Asmik Grigorian, Erica Eloff, Philipp Hochmair, Michael Volle or Rolando Villazón. Lois Lammerhuber was awarded the special prize for achievements in music theater for his work at the Vienna State Opera. After all, his work has resulted in 14 books.
The laudatory speech was held by Andreas Walk, Lammerhuber’s writing partner in many of his works: ‘A picture is worth a thousand words. If this quote were to apply to a single person, then Lois Lammerhuber would be the first to come to mind. His approach to music theater provides a visual overview of one of the largest and most important opera houses in the world.
While making his acceptance speech, Lammerhuber explained why he believes he has been honored with the prize: ‘Photography is there to make the visible even more visible, and to make discoveries where everything already appears to be known. This idea first put into words by Hungarian photo artist Laszlo Moholy Nagy has been inscribed into my heart since I began living and breathing photography.
Anyone who, like me, has had the privilege of walking into the Vienna Opera through the dividing wall of the little stage door for 14 years, has certainly come to a very special place. A magical world of creativity in which each year I was permitted to make a book. Dominique Meyer, Director of the Vienna State Opera for many years, referred to it as, ’a kind of encyclopaedia about theater with the Vienna State Opera as a case study’. In other words: we showed everything you can’t see simply by buying a ticket.
14 years, 14 books: from the chorus, to the costume workshops, and even the ballet. Each had a very special theme, but three were even more unique:
CREATION – about The Nibelungen Ring for children by Matthias von Stegmann – in other words, Wagner’s entire Ring in only one hour!
CLOSE-UP – a book with a collection of premieres from the Ioan Holender era with comments by Holender. Amazing anecdotes about everything that could possibly go wrong. But every once and a while, everything indeed worked out quite well.
GENESIS – the process behind the scenes of a new world premiere production.
And the best part: if you would like to purchase these excellent books, you have the unique opportunity when buying two books to receive a third absolutely free of charge. Simply order two books by clicking the desired titles in the Edition Lammerhuber online shop – and then send an email with the title of the third book to edition@lammerhuber.at.
2007: METAMORPHOSEN - The Metamorphosis of the Vienna State Opera into a Ballroom
2008: CREATION - Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring for Children
2009: THE VIENNA STATE OPERA - A Musical and Architectural Treasure
2010: IOAN HOLENDER - CLOSE-UP - 118 Premieres
2011: PASSION - The Vienna State Opera Orchestra - The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
2012: [E]MOTION - The Vienna State Ballet Backstage
2013: GLAMOUR - The Magical World of Costumes
2014: ON STAGE - Gigantic Stage Technology & the Opera - Purely Magical
2015: HARMONY - Ensemble 2014/2015
2016: GENESIS - Behind the Scenes of a New Production: Gaetano Donizetti’s ‘Don Pasquale’
2017: CHORUS - The Vienna State Opera Chorus
2018: REPERTOIRE - The World’s Largest Repertoire
2019: BEL CANTO - An Homage for the 150th Anniversary with 150 Singers
2020: SYNTHESIS OF THE ARTS - 100 Images from Backstage
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