Georg Zlabinger - NOSPR

Georg Zlabinger studied Comparative Literature Studies at the University of Vienna. Since 2014, he has been staff director at Theater an der Wien, where he has collaborated with directors including Andrea Breth, Keith Warner, Torsten Fischer, Tatjana Gürbaca, Martin Kusej, Roland Geyer and Jonathan Meese. He has worked at Wiener Festwochen, Bregenz Festival, Salzburg Festival, Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera and Teatro Real. In recent years he has developed a close artistic relationship with Christof Loy: as associate director he was worked on revivals of La Forza del Destino (Royal Opera House Covent Garten), Peter Grimes (Theater an der Wien) and Tosca (English National Opera). In 2021, he staged a new production of Luisa Miller for the Glyndebourne Festival, based on an original concept by Loy. Directorial credits include Il Giasone, The Lighthouse, Don Giovanni Last Minute (Theater an der Wien/Kammeroper), Bluebeard’s Castle (Konzerthaus Vienna, Konserthuset Gothenburg), Le nozze di Figaro (Folkwang University, Essen), Eugene Onegin (Theater Bielefeld) and Luisa Miller (Cologne Opera). For 2023/24, among other things he will direct The Black Mask with National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Káťa Kabanová  at Theater Bielefeld.