ANDREAS KRIEGENBURG, Stage director
Born in Magdeburg, first trained as a carpenter. First direction in 1984 at the age of 21. Since then continuous directing work in drama in various cities in Europe. Since 2006 continuous work at various opera houses around the world, such as Staatsoper München (Wozzeck, Ring des Nibelungen, Soldaten, Schneekönigin UA), Oper Tokyo (Wozzeck, Rigoletto), Salzburg (Lady Macbeth de Mtsensk, Simon Boccanegra) Oper Frankfurt/Main (Tosca), Semperoper Dresden (Cosi fan tutte , Don Giovanni) Oper Barcelona (Othello) and Staatsoper Hamburg (Frau ohne Schatten).
ROLAND BÖER, Musical direction
was artistic and musical director of the Cantiere Festival until 2020 Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano. Until 2019 he was first guest conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theater Saint Petersburg. He made guest appearances at leading international Opera houses such as the Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House London, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Royal Opera Houses Stockholm and Copenhagen, the Polish State Opera in Warsaw, the Czech National Theater Prague and the New National Theater Tokyo
Photo: Marco Mazzolai
VERENA KELLER, Direction
the Swiss studied at the state colleges in Vienna and Berlin. Scholarship holder at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. Permanent engagements at the state operas Hannover, Mainz and at the Cologne Opera. Guest performances u.a. At the Grand Théatre Geneve, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Opéra National de Paris, Opéra de Marseille, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Teatro San Carlo, Napoli, Los Angeles Opera, Vancouver Opera with roles such as 'Brangäne' Tristan und Isolde, 'Ortrud' Lohngrin, 'Eboli' Don Carlos, 'Azucena' Trovatore, 'Sexton' Jenufa, 'Kabanicha' Katja Kabanova, 'Marie' Wozzeck
KALLE KANTTILA, Auditon training
was born in Oulu, Finland. He began his music studies at the Helsinki Conservatory of Music and furthered them at the Zürich Conservatory and the Music Department of University Karlsruhe, Germany. Kalle Kanttila is the founder and director of IOA Management. International Opera Artists was established in 2012 and is an agency for opera singers and conductors. It is based in Munich (Germany) & Helsinki (Finland) and provides worldwide services in the field of opera.
VSEVOLOD DVORKIN, Korrepetion/Pianist
The Russian pianist, who made his debut with the Ulyanovsk Symphony Orchestra at the age of fourteen, has performed on stages all over the world. He specialises in the interpretation of Romanticism and the works of Liszt. He has performed in Milan, Mexico, with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre d'Auvergne, the Orchestra Stabile di Bergamo and the National Symphony Orchestra of Belarus. Highlights were performances at festivals in: North Dakota, New York, Tuscany and King`s Palace in London.
SVETLANA SMIRNOVA, Korrepetion/Pianist
studied at the Tchaikovsky Musical College (piano classes) in Yekaterinburg (1991-1995). After she had graduated from the Ural State Conservatoire with distinction (1995-2000), she completed a postgraduate program there (2000-2013). As a pianist, she participated in productions that have been led by conductors such as Michael Güttler, Fabio Mastrangelo, Pavel Klinichev, Mikhail Granovsky, Konstantin Chudovsky, Oliver von Dohnanyi, Tugan Sokhiev, Yannis Pouspourikas, Vello Pähn among others. She works with singers individually to help them prepare their programs for concerts and competitions, also accompanying them in competitive programs in Russia, Holland, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Spain among others.
MATTEO PIROLA, Korrepetion/Pianist
Italian-born pianist Matteo Pirola was born in Erba and completed his piano studies at the "G. Verdi" Music Conservatory in Como. Exchange semesters took him to the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe. Master classes with internationally renowned pianists and conductors such as Aldo Ciccolini, Richard Bonynge, Natalia Troull, Vsevolod Dvorkin, Vincenzo Balzani gave him important artistic impulses...
REBEKKA MAGOMEDOVA, Korrepetion/Pianist
studied in Novgorod, was a correpetitor at the Marinsky Theater in St. Petersburg from 2019-22, she worked with Currentzis in Perm, in Belgium at the Opera Royal de Wallonie, at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in St. Petersburg and with many renowned singers.
VIVIANE HIRSCHI, Assistance
Viviane Hirschi was born in St. Gallen in 1995. She has been playing the violin since the age of four, later adding the viola. After graduating from high school, she studied violin and viola in Feldkirch and musicology in Zurich. She is currently completing her Master's degree in musicology (major) and Scandinavian studies (minor).
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