He lives in Germany since 1948 studied philosophy at Frankfurt. It was theatrical and musical critic of the Deutsche Zeitung from 1961 to 1969, artistic director of Kammerspiele Munich between 1969 and 1971 and theater critic of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Between 1972 and 1979 he held the general direction of the Deutschen Schauspielhaus Hamburg; he was director of the festival "Theatre of Nations" in Hamburg in 1979, "World Theatre" in Cologne in 1981 and Stuttgart in 1987 lived three years in New York as a correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He did his research on Mozart as a member of the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin. He served as director of the theater company of the Staatstheater Stuttgart between 1985 and 1988 and then took over the chair of aesthetics and history of theater arts at the School of Arts Berlin. In 2003 he was awarded the Ernst Bloch Prize. Autonomy and grace His work was translated into English, French and Japanese.