The death is recorded of the veteran German opera director Hans-Peter Lehmann, at 90 years old.
Originally from Kassel, he assisted Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner at Bayreuth from 1960 and 1973. He opened his account as a director with Tannhäuser in Munich, followed by Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten in Nuremberg, before settling as a formative intendant at Hannover State Opera, where he served for 21 years.
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