Method acting aspects), and Sanford Meisner (the behavioral aspects). The approach was first developed when they worked together at the Group Theatre in New York. All three subsequently claimed to be the rightful heirs of Stanislavski's approach. "The Method" is an elaboration of the "system" of acting developed by the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski. In the first three decades of the 20th century, Stanislavski organized his training, preparation, and rehearsal techniques into a coherent, systematic methodology. The "system" brought together and built on: (1) the director-centred, unified aesthetic and disciplined, ensemble approach of the Meiningen company; (2) the actor-centred realism of
Walter Felsenstein times. In 1969 he directed the Russian language production of "Carmen" by Bizet at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theater in Moscow. In Moscow it was stated that his way of the opera staging was similar to the principles of Konstantin Stanislavsky. Felsenstein died at age 74 in East Berlin. He is buried in Kloster on Hiddensee, an island in the Baltic Sea. He translated and edited numerous operatic works into German, including "Carmen" (Georges Bizet, 1949) and "La traviata" (Giuseppe Verdi, 1955). Famous productions include "Die Zauberflöte" (Mozart, 1954), "Les contes d'Hoffmann" (Jacques Offenbach, 1958), "Otello" (Verdi,