Valentin Black

Valentin Schwarz (born April 21, 1989 in Altmünster , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian opera director .

Live and act

Schwarz completed his studies in musical theater directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . His first notable production during his studies was Claude Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien in 2009 (collaboration: Hermes Phettberg ). As a diploma production, he realized Franz Lehár's operetta Giuditta . Even before receiving the Ring Award in Graz 2017, Schwarz was entrusted with directing duties at various venues in the German-speaking region, but also worked as an assistant to Jossi Wieler & Sergio Morabito , Armin Petras and Kirill Serebrennikow .

Katharina Wagner chose him to direct Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen for the Bayreuth Festival 2020, with the conductor Pietari Inkinen and the set designer Andrea Cozzi . Production was postponed to the 2022 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien - MDW 2009 studio stage
Giuditta - MDW 2011 studio stage
Carmen - National Theater Weimar 2012
Arabella - National Theater Weimar 2012
Hansel and Gretel - National Theater Weimar 2012
L'infedeltà delusa - Studio Theater Belvedere Weimar 2015
Così fan tutte - Vienna Chamber Opera 2018
Mare Nostrum - Cologne Opera 2018
Un ballo in maschera - State Theater Darmstadt 2018
Don Pasquale - Opéra National de Montpellier 2019
Turandot - Staatstheater Darmstadt 2019
The Bandits - State Operetta Dresden 2020
Demo (kratie) - a stage free festival - facilities at the Stuttgart State Theater 2020
The Ring of the Nibelung - Bayreuth Festival 2020 (map)