Barrie Kosky

Barrie Kosky, who has Australian and German roots, is hugely in demand as a director of opera and theatre. His productions have played at the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, Zurich Opera House, the Paris Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, and the Salzburger Festspiele and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. He was the artistic director at the Komische Oper Berlin from 2012 to 2022, and is still the ‘house director’ there. At Dutch National Opera, he previously directed Gluck’s Armide (2013). In the 2021/22 season, Kosky returned to Amsterdam for a three-year Puccini cycle, culminating in Il trittico in May 2024. He was also responsible for the production of Agrippina earlier in the 2023/24 season at Dutch National Opera.

Last update: 28-11-2024

From 3 to 25 September 2025, Barrie Kosky’s production of Tosca returns to Dutch National Opera & Ballet.