{"id":8452,"date":"2026-01-20T08:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:41:04","slug":"david-gamel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/en\/david-gamel\/","title":{"rendered":"David Gamel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow av-small-hide av-mini-hide  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_slideshow_full  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-7lwfe4-e8f6c6b4d78859dfb7225ae51a505837 avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-small-hide av-mini-hide av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' 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at Madama Butterfly in Gars, 2026' title='David Gamel | \u00a9 Jennifer Bilska'  height=\"1030\" width=\"728\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operburggars.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Foto-Gamel_Website-728x1030.jpg 728w, https:\/\/operburggars.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Foto-Gamel_Website-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/operburggars.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Foto-Gamel_Website-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/operburggars.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Foto-Gamel_Website-498x705.jpg 498w, https:\/\/operburggars.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Foto-Gamel_Website.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/div><small class=\"avia-copyright\">\u00a9 Jennifer Bilska<span class='avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='info' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" 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scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in autumn 2017 in the class of Prof. Anna Viebrock.<\/p>\n<p>He gained his first practical experience in stage design in autumn\/winter 2019 as part of a group project for the music performance <em>Ausbreitung Variabel<\/em> by the theatre collective Novoflot at Haus der Statistik in Berlin. In summer 2020, he worked as an assistant stage designer to Birgit Kellner and Christian Schlechter on the theatre production <em>Die R\u00fcckkehr der Ishta<\/em> at Theater Dschungel Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>Between winter 2020 and spring 2022, David Gamel was involved in an international collaborative project with students from the Karlsruhe University of Music on a conceptual staging of Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s <em>Aida<\/em>. In spring 2021, he designed the stage set for the production <em>You Better Work, B<\/em>tch!* at Theater Dschungel Vienna.<br \/>\nIn the summer semester of 2022, he completed a guest semester in the Architecture program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. During the summers of 2023, 2024, and 2025, he worked as a technical assistant on the opera productions <em>Aida<\/em>, <em>Der Liebestrank<\/em> (<em>The Elixir of Love<\/em>) and <em>La Traviata<\/em> for the Opera BURG GARS.<\/p>\n<p>From autumn 2023 to summer 2024, David Gamel spent an Erasmus exchange year in Porto, Portugal. He subsequently worked in autumn 2024 as an assistant for stage and costume design for the opera production <em>Armida <\/em>at the Schlosstheater Potsdam, and in winter 2025 as an assistant stage designer for <em>Wozzeck <\/em>at the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau. 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