Kurt Horres was born on 28 November 1932 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Kurt was a director, known for Der brave Soldat Schwejk (1963). Kurt died on 2 January 2023 in Germany.
Guest performances during his tenure have taken the ensemble of The Deutsche Oper am Rhein to Brussels, Vienna, Moscow and in October 1989, shortly before the fall of the Wall, to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in East Berlin with "Die tote Stadt" and "Der Jüngste Tag".