Georg Zlabinger

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 Keith Warner, Torsten Fischer, Tatjana Gürbaca, Roland Geyer and Jonathan Meese. He has worked at Wiener Festwochen, Bregenz Festival, Salzburg Festival, DNO, 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 Peter Grimes (Theater an der Wien) and Tosca (ENO) and in 2021, he staged a new production of Luisa Miller for the Glyndebourne Festival, based on an original concept by Loy. Additional directing 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). In the 2023/24 Season, he will direct The Black Mask  with National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Káťa Kabanová (Theater Bielefeld).