Director for live broadcasts and recordings of operas, concerts, and ballets

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Vienna State Opera Live at Home

In 2013, the Vienna State Opera asked the Vienna Film Academy to collaborate with students to set up an in-house streaming channel and a team for live broadcasts with multi-camera technology (Vienna State Opera Live at Home). I was involved in this project from the beginning as director and later also as co-leader of the team.

Co-productions

Since 2013, I have directed over 100 live broadcasts and recordings of operas, concerts, and ballets.

Some of my recordings were co-productions of the Vienna State Opera with ORF III and/or Unitel and were broadcast by various TV stations.

Recording of “Roméo et Juliette” (Charles Gounod) under my direction, co-produced by the Vienna State Opera and Unitel (2017)

Recording of the world premiere series of “Orlando” (Olga Neuwirth) under my direction, co-produced by ORF III, Unitel and the Vienna State Opera (2019)

World premieres

My personal highlights were the recordings of world premieres of contemporary works such as Olga Neuwirth’s “Orlando” (2019), Johannes Maria Staud’s “The Willows” (2018) and the Vienna premiere of Alexander Raskatov’s “Animal Farm” (2024).

Other broadcasts

In addition to the broadcasts of operas, ballets, and concerts, I have also directed the recordings of season presentations (most recently season 24/25) and introductory matinees (most recently for “Salome” (2023), “Turandot” (2023), “Don Carlo” (2024)”, “Fin de Partie” (2024)) or trailers for new productions (“Dialogue des Carmélites”).

Recording of “The Woman without a Shadow” (Richard Strauss) under my direction, co-produced by ORF III, Unitel and the Vienna State Opera (2019)

Repertoire

Over the years, I enjoyed working intensively with an extensive repertoire of opera, ballet, and concerts. I had the opportunity to acquaint works from all eras and languages of opera and ballet history.

My work on countless livestream productions also granted me the great privilege of experiencing and comparing first-hand different top-class casts on stage and in the orchestra pit.

Director and score assistant

In addition to my work as a director, I have also been involved in numerous productions as an assistant director or score assistant.

The latter has always given me particular pleasure. Giving the director the cues for live editing requires an in-depth study of the orchestral score and a high level of focus on the music.

List of broadcasts I have directed

As a director, I have recorded the following works and/or broadcast them live:

Opera

Aida (G. Verdi)
Alceste (C. W. Gluck)
Animal Farm (A. Raskatov)
Anna Bolena (G. Donizetti)
Arabella (R. Strauss)
Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss)
Cardillac (P. Hindemith)
Carmen (G. Bizet)
Danton’s Death (G. v. Einem)
Der Freischütz (C. M. v. Weber)
Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss)
Dialogues des Carmélites (F. Poulenc)
Die Götterdämmerung (R. Wagner)
Don Carlo (G. Verdi)
Don Giovanni (W. A. Mozart)
Don Pasquale (G. Donizetti)
Elektra (R. Strauss)
Falstaff (G. Verdi)
Fidelio (L. v. Beethoven)
Fin de Partie (G. Kurtág)
Hansel and Gretel (E. Humperdinck)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini)
Jenůfa (L. Janáček)
Katja Kabanova (L. Janáček)
Khovanshchina (M. Mussorgsky)
La Bohème (G. Puccini)
La Sonnambula (V. Bellini)
La Traviata (G. Verdi)
L’Elisir d’Amore (G. Donizetti)
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (J. Offenbach)
Lohengrin (R. Wagner)
Lucia di Lammermoor (G. Donizetti)
Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini)
Manon Lescaut (G. Puccini)
Nabucco (G. Verdi)
Orlando (O. Neuwirth)
Peter Grimes (B. Britten)
Queen of Spades (P. I. Tchaikovsky)
Rigoletto (G. Verdi)
Roméo et Juliette (Ch. Gounod)
Rusalka (A. Dvořák)
Salome (R. Strauss)
Simon Boccanegra (G. Verdi)
The Gambler (S. Prokofiev)
The Tempest (T. Adès)
The Willows (J. M. Staud)
The Woman without a Shadow (R. Strauss)
Tosca (G. Puccini)
Věc Makropoulos (L. Janáček)
Werther (J. Massenet)

Ballett

Balanchine / Neumeier / Robbins (var.)
Forsythe / van Manen / Kylián (var.)
Giselle (A. Adam)
Macmillan / McGregor / Ashton (var.)
Nureyew Galas (var.)
Swan Lake (P. I. Tchaikovsky)
Sylvia (L. Delibes)
Tänze Bilder Symphonien (var.)
Van Manen / Ekman / Kylián (var.)

Concerts and other events

Recital Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak
Recitals Juan Diego Flórez
Recital Angela Gheorghiu
Recital Camilla Nylund
Chamber music by the Vienna Philharmonic
Edita Gruberová gala concert
Neil Shicoff gala concert
José Carreras gala concert
Season presentations
Matinees
Livestreams for school classes

Other projects

I have been involved in the recording, live broadcast, or performance of the following works in other positions:

Opera

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (B. Britten)
Ariodante (G. F. Händel)
Armide (J.-B. Lully)
Cav. Rusticana / Pagliacci (Leoncavallo / Mascagni)
Capriccio (R. Strauss)
Così fan tutte (W. A. Mozart)
Das Rheingold (R. Wagner)
Das schlaue Füchslein (L. Janáček)
Das verratene Meer (H. W. Henze)
Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss)
Die Walküre (R. Wagner)
Die Zauberflöte (W. A. Mozart)
Eugen Onegin (P. I. Tchaikovsky))
Idomeneo (W. A. Mozart)
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (C. Monteverdi)
Il Trittico (G. Puccini)
Il Trovatore (G. Verdi)
I Puritani (V. Bellini)
La Cenerentola (G. Rossini)
La clemenza di Tito (W. A. Mozart)
La fille du régiment (G. Donizetti)
La Juive (F. Halévy)
Le Grand Macabre (G. Ligeti)
Leonore, original version (L. v. Beethoven)
Les Troyens (H. Berlioz)
L’italiana in Algeri (G. Rossini)
Lulu (A. Berg)
Norma (V. Bellini)
Otello (G. Verdi)
Parsifal (R. Wagner)
Pelléas et Mélisande (C. Debussy)
Samson et Dalila (C. Saint-Saëns)
Siegfried (R. Wagner)
The Turk in Italy (G. Rossini)
Tristan und Isolde (R. Wagner)
Turandot (G. Puccini)
Un ballo in maschera (G. Verdi)

Ballett

Don Quixote (L. Minkus)
Goldberg Variations (var.)
In 7th heaven (var.)
La Fille mal gardée (L. J. F. Hérold, J. Lanchbery)
Le Corsaire (A. Adam et al.))
Le Pavillon d’Armide (I. Stravinsky, N. Tcherepnin)
Liebeslieder (J. Brahms, F. Chopin, M. Górecki)
Pathétique (W. A. Mozart, M. Feldman, P. I. Tchaikovsky)
Peer Gynt (E. Grieg)
Raymonda (A. K. Glasunov)
Shifting Symmetries (var.)
Sleeping Beauty (P. I. Tchaikovsky)
The Lady of the Camellias (with music by F. Chopin)
The Nutcracker (P. I. Tchaikovsky)

Concert

St. Matthew Passion (J. S. Bach)
9th Symphony (G. Mahler)
Symphony No. 4 (F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)

Lighting stage management

During several concert performances of the opera “The Outcast” by Olga Neuwirth, I was in charge of the lighting stage management: