Martina Weber

As a student in Munich and Vienna, the German director gained experience in opera with two celebrated German directors, August Everding and Franz Winter. Before her graduation Weber was already engaged as resident director with one of Europe’s most distinguished companies, Munich’s Bavarian State Opera. In Munich she supervised numerous new productions by David Pountney (Faust, Moses and Aron), Andreas Homoki (Arabella, Manon Lescaut, Romeo and Juliet, The King’s Children), David Alden (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Rodelinda), Jürgen Rose (Norma, Werther), and Christof Loy (Roberto Devereux, Saul, Alcina), among others. As productions are preserved for many years in Munich’s repertory system, she was in charge of those operas’ frequent revivals which often involved numerous cast changes. Alongside Andreas Homoki she directed Pagliacci/From Today to Tomorrow (Leoncavallo/Schoenberg) at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice, and she transferred Jürgen Rose’s Werther production to the Opéra National de Paris. Weber’s career highlights include a collaboration with the renowned theater and opera director Otto Schenk for the new staging of his Munich Rosenkavalier in Geneva. As a guest director Weber has created productions in Vienna and at Berlin’s Deutsche Oper. Since her postgraduate studies in arts management Weber has worked primarily as artistic production manager (“Kunst aus der Zeit” at Bregenz Festival, Don Giovanni at Festspielhaus BadenBaden, “Rossini in Wildbad” Opera Festival) while also managing the artistic administration department at Munich’s Teamtheater.

Lyric Opera debut: Der Rosenkavalier (2015|16)

Last updated: February 8, 2016