Michael Zlabinger

With his Teatro Real Madrid debut in May 2018, Michael Zlabinger made history as the youngest conductor of Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten, having previously assisted with productions at the Salzburg Festival (2012), Zurich Opera House (2013) and Teatro alla Scala di Milano (2015). This career milestone continued his consistent engagement with the opera of the 20th century, which had already been reflected in his work on Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Vienna State Opera (2015), Salome at the Teatro Carlo Felice (2016) and Elektra at the opening of the new opera house in Athens (2017). This season, he successfully completed a series of guest performances of Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot lunaire at the Holland Festival together with the Klangforum Vienna and under the direction of Marle