Hellmuth Matiasek

From 1983 to 1996, he was intendant of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, where he co-founded and later managed the drama school Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding.

[7][1][8] In 1953, Matiasek founded the avant-garde student theatre Kaleidoskop in Vienna (later: Atelier-Theater), and acted as its director.

He directed all stage works for the festival dedicated to Carl Orff who is buried there, and made the event attractive beyond the region.

[6] Matiasek worked as a guest director at several theatres in Germany and abroad, including the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel [de] in Munich, the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Burgtheater in Vienna, as well as the Bregenzer Festspiele.

[8][11][10] At the Salzburg Festival, he directed in 1967 Mozart's Ascanio in Alba in sets designed by Ekkehard Grübler and conducted by Leopold Hager.

[10][3] Matiasek wrote the libretto for a musical mystery play Das Salzburger Spiel vom verloren Sohn, about the Prodigal Son, based on old sources.