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Barrie Kosky
Barrie Kosky (born 18 February 1967) is an Australian theatre and opera director. Based at the Komische Oper Berlin, he has worked internationally.
Kosky was born in Melbourne, the grandson of Jewish emigrants from Europe. He attended Melbourne Grammar School where he performed in Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in 1981, Shakespeare's Othello in 1982, and later directed his first play. Among many other later famous Australian artists, he also worked at the St Martins Youth Arts Centre. In 1985, he then began studies in piano and music history at the University of Melbourne. In 1988, he directed there at the Union Theatre Mozart's Don Giovanni and Frank Wedekind's The Lulu Plays, Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box.
In 1989, Kosky directed the Australian premiere of Michael Tippett's The Knot Garden (reduced version) at the Melbourne Spoleto Festival. He also directed Alban Berg's Lulu at the same festival. In 1990, he formed the Gilgul Theatre which staged The Exile Trilogy in 1993 (The Dybbuk, Es Brent, Levad) at the Belvoir St Theatre; Kosky was artistic director of the Gilgul Theatre until 1997. Other notable productions with the Gilgul Theatre were The Wilderness Room and a stage adaptation of The Operated Jew.
For the Victorian State Opera, Kosky directed Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and Rossini's The Barber of Seville in 1991. In 1993, he directed the season premiere of Larry Sitsky's opera The Golem for Opera Australia, which was also released on ABC Classics. Also in 1993, he directed Goethe's Faust I and II for the Melbourne Theatre Company, and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex for Opera Queensland.
In 1996, he directed Verdi's Nabucco (recorded on DVD by ABC Television.) and Wagner's The Flying Dutchman for Opera Australia, a work which he revisited in 2006 at the Aalto-Musiktheater in Essen, Germany. Also in 1996, Kosky was appointed director of the Adelaide Festival, at 29 years the youngest person ever in that position. Following that appointment, the 50-minute documentary Kosky in Paradise examined his ideas and creative motivations.
In 1997, he directed Molière's Tartuffe in Christopher Hampton's translation at the Sydney Theatre Company (STC). In 1998, he directed Mourning Becomes Electra for the STC, and Shakespeare's King Lear for the Bell Shakespeare company's touring production. In 1999, Kosky directed Alban Berg's Wozzeck for the Sydney Opera House. In 2000, Kosky directed Ted Hughes' adaption of Seneca's Oedipus at the Sydney Theatre Company.
From 2001 to 2005, Kosky was co-director of the Schauspielhaus Wien in Vienna. There he directed Euripides' Medea with the Australian actress Melita Jurisic; the production was nominated for the Nestroy Theatre Prize. He also directed there Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, in which he inserted songs by Cole Porter. He directed Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, Shakespeare's Macbeth in an all-female version, and Boulevard Delirium with Paul Capsis which toured around the world for several seasons, including Australia where it won a 2006 Helpmann Award. His 2003 staging of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Innsbrucker Festwochen für Alte Musik conducted by René Jacobs was shown at the Berlin State Opera in 2007 and broadcast by arte. Also in 2005, Kosky directed Wagner's Lohengrin for the Vienna State Opera.
In 2006, he directed Tom Wright's eight-hour play The Lost Echo –based on Ovid's Metamorphoses and Euripides' The Bacchae– for the Actors Company at the STC; the play won five Helpmann Awards. In the same year, Kosky directed in Germany Der fliegende Holländer at the Aalto-Musiktheater and Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Theater Bremen.
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Barrie Kosky
Barrie Kosky (born 18 February 1967) is an Australian theatre and opera director. Based at the Komische Oper Berlin, he has worked internationally.
Kosky was born in Melbourne, the grandson of Jewish emigrants from Europe. He attended Melbourne Grammar School where he performed in Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in 1981, Shakespeare's Othello in 1982, and later directed his first play. Among many other later famous Australian artists, he also worked at the St Martins Youth Arts Centre. In 1985, he then began studies in piano and music history at the University of Melbourne. In 1988, he directed there at the Union Theatre Mozart's Don Giovanni and Frank Wedekind's The Lulu Plays, Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box.
In 1989, Kosky directed the Australian premiere of Michael Tippett's The Knot Garden (reduced version) at the Melbourne Spoleto Festival. He also directed Alban Berg's Lulu at the same festival. In 1990, he formed the Gilgul Theatre which staged The Exile Trilogy in 1993 (The Dybbuk, Es Brent, Levad) at the Belvoir St Theatre; Kosky was artistic director of the Gilgul Theatre until 1997. Other notable productions with the Gilgul Theatre were The Wilderness Room and a stage adaptation of The Operated Jew.
For the Victorian State Opera, Kosky directed Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and Rossini's The Barber of Seville in 1991. In 1993, he directed the season premiere of Larry Sitsky's opera The Golem for Opera Australia, which was also released on ABC Classics. Also in 1993, he directed Goethe's Faust I and II for the Melbourne Theatre Company, and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex for Opera Queensland.
In 1996, he directed Verdi's Nabucco (recorded on DVD by ABC Television.) and Wagner's The Flying Dutchman for Opera Australia, a work which he revisited in 2006 at the Aalto-Musiktheater in Essen, Germany. Also in 1996, Kosky was appointed director of the Adelaide Festival, at 29 years the youngest person ever in that position. Following that appointment, the 50-minute documentary Kosky in Paradise examined his ideas and creative motivations.
In 1997, he directed Molière's Tartuffe in Christopher Hampton's translation at the Sydney Theatre Company (STC). In 1998, he directed Mourning Becomes Electra for the STC, and Shakespeare's King Lear for the Bell Shakespeare company's touring production. In 1999, Kosky directed Alban Berg's Wozzeck for the Sydney Opera House. In 2000, Kosky directed Ted Hughes' adaption of Seneca's Oedipus at the Sydney Theatre Company.
From 2001 to 2005, Kosky was co-director of the Schauspielhaus Wien in Vienna. There he directed Euripides' Medea with the Australian actress Melita Jurisic; the production was nominated for the Nestroy Theatre Prize. He also directed there Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, in which he inserted songs by Cole Porter. He directed Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, Shakespeare's Macbeth in an all-female version, and Boulevard Delirium with Paul Capsis which toured around the world for several seasons, including Australia where it won a 2006 Helpmann Award. His 2003 staging of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Innsbrucker Festwochen für Alte Musik conducted by René Jacobs was shown at the Berlin State Opera in 2007 and broadcast by arte. Also in 2005, Kosky directed Wagner's Lohengrin for the Vienna State Opera.
In 2006, he directed Tom Wright's eight-hour play The Lost Echo –based on Ovid's Metamorphoses and Euripides' The Bacchae– for the Actors Company at the STC; the play won five Helpmann Awards. In the same year, Kosky directed in Germany Der fliegende Holländer at the Aalto-Musiktheater and Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Theater Bremen.