Ilaria Lanzino

Ilaria Lanzino was born in Pisa, Italy. After completing her vocal training at the Luigi Boccherini Conservatory in Lucca, she studied German at the University "Ca' Foscari" in Venice. Lanzino gained her first theatre experience as a chorus singer at the Theater an der Wien and then as a trainee director and assistant at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, the Theater Dortmund and the Aalto Theater in Essen, among others. She has worked with directors such as Christof Loy, Benedikt von Peter, Jens-Daniel Herzog, Elisabeth Stöppler, David Bösch, Dietrich Hilsdorf, Axel Köhler and Michael Thalheimer. In January 2020, she was awarded 1st place in the prestigious "European Opera Directing Prize". As a director Ilaria Lanzino is engaged at many theatres and opera houses in Germany and Europe: at the Dortmund Theatre ("Kirsa's Music" by Thierry Tidrow), at the Nuremberg State Theatre (Telemann "Pimpinone", Bartók "Duke Bluebeard's Castle", Donizetti "L'elisir d'amore"), at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Ullmann "Der Kaiser von Atlantis", Syrse "Der Kiosk"), at the Landestheater Coburg (Verdi "Falstaff") and at the Poznan Opera House (Moniuszko "Straszny Dwór"). Her production of "Straszny Dwór" was also shown as part of the International May Festival 2022 at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. For the 2022/23 season, Lanzino is engaged to open the season at the Theater an der Wien with Francesca Caccini's "La Liberazione". She is also directing at the Staatstheater Nuremberg (Walpurgis "Talestri"), the Poznan Opera House (Moniuszko "Jawnuta") and the world premiere of "Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer" by Lucia Ronchetti at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Ilaria Lanzino is a lecturer for scenic teaching at the Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg.


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