David Alden
Director
David Alden has worked with opera companies worldwide, including Scottish Opera, WNO, Vienna Volksoper, Netherlands Opera, Komische Oper, Frankfurt, Paris, Vlaamse Opera, Graz, San Francisco, Chicago Lyric, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Houston Grand, Dallas, Santa Fe and Spoleto Festival. He received the Bavarian Theatre Prize for Individual Artistic Achievement to mark his close association with the Bavarian State Opera, Munich.
Previously for ENO: Lucia di Lammermoor, Mazeppa, Simon Boccanegra, Masked Ball, Bluebeard’s Castle, Oedipus Rex, Tristan and Isolde, Ariodante, Damnation of Faust, Jenůfa (Olivier Award), Lucia di Lammermoor, Peter Grimes (South Bank Show Award), Katya Kabanova, Radamisto, Billy Budd, Otello, Queen of Spades.
Career Highlights
Notable engagements elsewhere: Khovanshchina (Antwerp); Otello (Royal Swedish Opera), Un ballo in maschera (Met); La gazza ladra (Frankfurt); Billy Budd (Deutsche Oper Berlin) La battaglia di Legnano, I due Foscari, I Lombardi alla prima Crociata (Hamburg State Opera); Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Netherlands Opera); Lucia di Lamermoor, Maometto II (Canadian Opera Company); Un ballo in maschera (Metropolitan Opera, New York); Maometto II (Santa Fe); Il ritorno d’Ulisse, Poppea, La Calisto, Rinaldo, Rodelinda, Ariodante, Orlando, Tannhäuser, Ring, Forza del destino, Pique Dame, Lulu (Munich); Turco in Italia (Deutsche Staatsoper); Radamisto (Santa Fe); La Calisto (ROH); Ercole amante, Deidamia (Amsterdam); Poppea (Barcelona); Grimes (Vlaamse Oper); Alcina (Madrid);
Forthcoming: Katya Kabanova (Gran Teatre del Liceu); La Calisto (Teatro Real); Jenufa (Sana Fe Opera); Otello (Canadian Opera Company).
Last updated: 26th July 2023