Founded by Marietta Anday-Greese in 1982, Intermedia is an agency for film, theatre and concert promotion.

Our first major theatrical work was the Europe and South Central and North America tour of the ‘Berliner Ensemble’ with three productions: ‘The Threepenny Opera’ (Die Dreigroschenoper), ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’ (Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) and ‘Life of Galileo’ (Leben des Galilei).

Productions followed some of which wrote theatre history: In the Teatro Argentina, ‘Hamlet’ directed by Ljubimov and ‘Cabaret’ directed by Jerome Savary. ‘Totò il buono’ by Zavattini, directed by Peter Zadek, debuted in the ‘Opera la Fenice’ in Venice. Other productions included ‘Life of Galileo’ directed by Maurizio Scaparro at the Volksbühne Berlin and the guest performance of the Berlin State Opera with ‘Woyzeck’ in Naples at the San Carlo Opera. Over the years, Intermedia has built close collaborations with leading theatre directors such as Maurizio Scaparro, Manfred Weckwert, Peter Zadek, Peter Stein and, from the Budapest National Theater, Làszlò Vàmos.

Intermedia cherishes its long-standing cooperation with the Rome Opera House in particular. Noteworthy projects include the Germany tour of the Opera ensemble to mark the 750th anniversary of the city of Berlin. This included two colossal productions: ‘Madame Butterfly’ and ‘The Barber of Seville’ (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), with Cecilia Bartoli in the title role, both presented by Intermedia at the Berlin State Opera as well as at the Semperoper Dresden.

Among Intermedia's favourite projects are the ‘Orchestra Santa Cecilia’ and the ‘Chamber Orchestra Santa Cecilia’, but also the ‘Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach Orchestra’ from the Berlin State Opera. We arranged tours for these in concert houses all over Europe and Russia.

For many years, Intermedia has brought prominent artists to the ‘Berlin Classic Open Air’ concerts.

Time and again, we have worked with acclaimed artists from the opera world such as José Cura, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Montserrat Caballé, Rossana Potenza, Plácido Domingo jr. and Juan Diego Florez.

Intermedia has also acted as an agent for film and TV productions. Films that had international resonance include ‘Miss Arizona’ (1988) with Hanna Schygulla and Marcello Mastroianni in the leading roles, directed by Pál Sándor and the Liszt-film, mostly shot in Weimar, with soundtrack by pianist Zoltán Kocsis.

Our passion project, ‘Cinema for Peace’ is a gala event that takes place during the Berlin Film Festival each year. Ms. Anday-Greese is a founding member as well as member of the International Committee. She has brought star guests to this prestigious event for each of the past 20 years, including Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Monica Bellucci, Sharon Stone, Christopher Lee, Gina Lollobrigida, Nicole Kidman, George Clooney, Ornella Muti, István Szabo, Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave.

A bit everywhere in Europe, Intermedia arranges star guest appearances for events and talk shows.

Through our film production work, we came into close collaboration with one of the greatest film music composers of our time: Ennio Morricone. Numerous concerts were organized by Intermedia under his direction: e.g. at The Munich Philharmonics, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, in Berlin, in the Budapest Sport Arena and at the Szeged Festival, as well as in many other European cities.

For the past 10 years, Intermedia has facilitated the participation of the Budapest Operetta Theatre in the Trieste Operetta Festival. We arranged the production of ‘The Csardas Princess ‘ (Die Csárdásfürstin), as a co-production between the National Theatre Szeged and the Trieste Operetta Festival. Intermedia produced the operetta gala with the title: ‘Le stelle dell'Operetta’. Musicals are part of our repertoire, too: the premiere of the short musical ‘Sissi’ by Fritz Kreisler / Gianni Gori was a joyous undertaking for us in Trieste and in the Sissi Castle in Gödöllő near Budapest. Intermedia organised the premiere of the Elton John musical ‘AIDA’ at the Wörthersee Festival in Klagenfurt, Austria.

We arranged productions in the ‘Ampfiteatro Romano Ostia Antica’ in Rome, including a ‘Wiener Straussabend’ (A Vienna Evening with Strauss), Ute Lemper & Band and other recital evenings.

We are equally active in popular music, our currently biggest production is ‘La Notte Italiana’, where we work with the most popular evergreen stars of Italian pop music: Al Bano and Romina Power, Ricchi e Poveri, Toto Cutugno, Drupi and Alice. This show is particularly popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In Hungary, we worked on the ‘Széchenyi’ Jubilee events of 2010 and 2011, dedicated to the ‘greatest Hungarian of all time’. The celebrations included classical music programs with Sopranos Andrea Rost and Rossana Potenza, a horse race with national prize, and the ‘Széchenyi Ball’. Among the visitors of these events were one of Széchenyi‘s descendants, Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis.

A highlight event we have worked with for 20 years is Cinema for Peace, a grand gala presented during the Berlin film festival. Our contribution to this project from its conception and launch has been to arrange the appearances of prominent international artists. The Cinema for Peace event is a humanitarian film award gala and charity fundraiser. (www.cinemaforpeace.de)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year has proven the most challenging for us in Intermedia’s 38 years history. 2020 is a very difficult year for all of us in the arts and entertainment industry. But we are not giving up and are already preparing for 2021!