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Dmitri Tcherniakov was born in Moscow in 1970. He graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow and since then, has directed opera and theatre productions across Russia, Europe and the USA.
Long considered to be one of the most renowned directors in opera, Tcherniakov has received various accolades throughout his career including The International Opera Awards in the categories ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Production’, the Italian music critics' award ‘Franco Abbiati’ (2008) and the Spanish prize National Campoamor Lyrics Awards (2014). He has also been awarded the Russian National Theatre Prize ‘Golden Mask’ four times, and Opernwelt magazine has on several occasions named him Stage Director and Stage Designer of the year.
As well as directing, Tcherniakov has also served as the set designer for all his productions.
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Salzburger Festspiele to feature 16 Askonas Holt artists
The Salzburger Festpiele announced their 2025 season this week, with audiences being given the opportunity to enjoy performances by 16 Askonas Holt artists.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns to the festival to conduct the Wiener Philharmoniker in an all-Wagner programme, and Ingo Metzmacher conducts the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and the combined voices of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, WDR Rundfunkchor, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor and a host of soloists in Henze’s Das Floß der Medusa.
Piano enthusiasts will have the chance to see both Daniil Trifonov and Evgeny Kissin. Daniil performs a programme that features Chopin’s Walzes and Tchaikovsky’s Concert Suite from Sleeping Beauty, as well as sonatas by Tchaikovsky and Ginastera. Evgeny performs nocturnes by Chopin bookended by Shostakovich’s Piano Sonata No.2 alongside a selection from his Preludes and Fugues, and by Bach’s Partita No.2.
Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Le Concert d’Astrée in Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto which features Andrey Zhilikhovsky making both a festival and role debut as Achilla.
Asmik Grigorian sings Lady Macbeth alongside Joshua Guerrero as Macduff in a revival of her 2023 performance of Verdi’s opera. Asmik returns later in the festival for a concert with pianist Hyung-ki Joo which sees her treat the audience to an evening of everything from Bizet and Puccini to Lady Gaga and Sting.
Elsa Dreisig returns to the festival this summer singing Sifare in a semi-staged production of Mitridate, re di Ponto. Elsa is joined by Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian who makes his festival debut singing Farnace.
Making both his festival debut and a role debut as Roberto in Maria Stuarda is Bekhzod Davronov. Also making debuts are Laurence Kilsby who sings Le Grand Prètre de Jupiter in Castor et Pollux (a role he performs at the Opéra national de Paris this January), and Anthony León who is tenor soloist for Mozart’s Mass in C minor with Les Musiciens du Prince — Monaco.
William Thomas returns to the festival following his 2023 debut. This summer, he joins forces with Riccardo Muti and the Wiener Philharmoniker for Bruckner’s Mass No.3.
Malcolm Martineau continues his longstanding collaboration with the festival and returns once again to give a public masterclass with the members of the Young Singers Project.
The festival runs from 19 July to 31 August, and the full programme can be found on their website.
Image courtesy of Salzburger Festspiele © TSG / Breitegger
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