Lawyer steps in to run opera house
OperaThe state theatre in Augsburg was in trouble when its experienced intendant Florian Stiehler resigned this year.
What to do in a crisis? They called in a lawyer, Ulrike Kuhrdt.
She took charge so effectively that they have confirmed her in the job, starting on New Year’s Day.
Well, not quite. Kuhrdt, 51, had previously worked in the theatre as head of HR.
“Geschäftsführender Direktor” is not the intendant.
Since 2016 André Bücker has been (and will remain) Augsburg’s intendant.
I was about to say that the most successful of Boeing’s CEOs was a lawyer: Bill Allen. But she’s not the Intendant so…