Dmitry Bertman

Dmitry Bertman

Dmitry Alexandrovitch Bertman (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Бертман, born 31 October 1967) is a Russian theatre and opera director and the founder and artistic director of Helikon Opera in Moscow.[1]

Biography

Bertman was born in Moscow, the son of Alexander Bertman and Ludmila Zhumaeva. He graduated from Russian Academy of Theatre Arts where he studied under Georgy Ansimov and began his career directing in theatres in Moscow, Tver, Odessa and Syktyvkar. In 1990 Bertman founded Helikon Opera and remains its artistic director.[2]

He teaches at both the Moscow State Conservatory and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts where he has been artistic director of the academy's musical theatre workshop from 1996 and Head of the Music Theatre Department from 2003. Since 1994, Berman has also been a lecturer at the Berne Opera studio in Switzerland.

Between 1997 and 2000 Dmitry Bertman received the Golden Mask Award (Best Stage Director) [3] for his productions of Carmen, The Tsar's Bride and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

References

  1. ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (ed.). "Bertman, Dmitry Alexandrovitch", The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge, (2003) p. 156. ISBN 1857432177
  2. ^ CBS News."Russia's Love Of Opera" 17 March 1999.
  3. ^ The Golden Mask is the Russian National Theatre Award established in 1994 by the Theatre Union of Russia.

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