Kirill Serebrennikov

Born in Rostov-on-Don, Kirill Serebrennikov completed his formal education in Physics in his hometown in 1992. During his studies he began a self-taught education as a director of theater, opera, film and television as well as a costume designer. The first acclaimed productions Serebrennikov was able to direct outside of Russia were Salome at the Stuttgart Opera and ll barbiere di Siviglia at the Komische Oper Berlin. In collaboration with Teodor Currentzis, Serebrennikov developed the project Mysterion (after Carl Orff’s De Temporum Fine Comedia) and the benefit project Requiem, for which he also served as author. Furthermore he directed opera productions such as Falstaff at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Le coq d’or at the Bolshoi in Moscow and American Lulu at the Wiener F