Dejan Miladinovic

Dejan Miladinović

Dejan Miladinović von Voynits is a Serbian opera director. He was born in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, in a family of opera artists (his father Dušan was Principal conductor and Artistic Director of Belgrade National Opera and his mother Milica was a leading mezzo with the same opera company). He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Direction from the Academy for Theatre in Belgrade and received the title Master of Theatrical Arts from the same Academy.

Biography

Dejan Miladinović von Voynits has served as Principal Stage Director and two times as Artistic Director of the National Opera of Novi Sad. He has also served as Director and Artistic Councilor for "Grand Opera Projects" with Convention Centre "Sava" in Belgrade. Dejan Miladinović von Voynits was Principal Stage Director of Belgrade National Opera and he has accepted the position as Artistic Director of Belgrade National Opera (1997 - 2001) which was offered to him - in spite Milošević's regime - by all the artists and staff of Belgrade Opera during theirs all-out strike. He was Associate Professor and Artistic Director of Opera Theatre at Meadows School of Arts, Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas ^[1], and Associate Professor of Opera Theatre at Faculty of Music in Belgrade, and Associate Professor at Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California. Miladinović has staged more than 160 productions (mostly operas, and then plays, operettas, musical comedies) with professional companies in former Yugoslavia and abroad (USA and Canada especially - New York, Dallas, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Seattle, Baltimore, San Diego, Vancouver etc.). He was Artistic Director of Madlenianum Opera and Theatre - Belgrade, the first private owned opera and theater company in Europe (from October 2006). Currently Dejan Miladinović is free-lancer.

Dejan Miladinović von Voynits is a member of A.G.M.A., USA; Equity, Canada; UMUS (Association of the Music Artists of Serbia); UDUS (Association of the Theatre Artists of Serbia)

Lordship

The empress Maria Theresia of Habsburg dynasty in 18th century granted lordship to Haydu-Voynits family of which Dejan Miladinović is direct and legal heir.

Productions staged by Dejan von Voynits

Prince Igor - In the burning church

Madam Butterfly - Suicide

Katarina Izmailova - Chernobyl Hell

Fidelio - Interogation of Florestan

Tales of Hoffmann - Venice under sea

Beethoven: FIDELIO (set and costume design - more than once)

Bijelinski: 20th CENTURY ORPHEUS (world premiere - awarded)

Binicki: AT THE DAWN

Bizet: CARMEN (more than once)

Borodin: PRINCE IGOR (conceived - more than once)

Britten: LET's MAKE AN OPERA

Brkanovic: EQUINOX (conceived)

Bruci-Miladinovic: PROMETHEUS (libretto - world premiere - award for directing)

Donizetti: DON PASQUALE, L'ELISIR D'AMORE (more than once), LUCIA di LAMMERMOOR (more than once - set design)

Gallupi: Il FILLOSOFO di CAMPAGNA (award for directing)

Giordano: ANDREA CHENIER (more than once)

Haydn: Il MONDO della LUNA

Hercigonja: The PIT (conceived - world premiere - more than once - TV broadcast), In SEARCH for JUSTICE (conceived - world premiere - TV broadcast) J.Strauss: Die FLEDERMAUS (more than once)

Kalman: GRÄFIN MARITZA, CZSARDASZ FÜRSTIN (set design)

Konjovic: PRINCE of ZETA (award for directing), The FATHERLAND (world premiere- set design - award for directing)

Kuljeric-Miladinovic: The POWER of VIRTUE (libretto - world premiere - TV broadcast)

Kuljeric-Turkalj: RICHARD III (conceived - world premiere)

Leoncavallo: I PAGLIACCI (more than once)

Lothka-Kalinsky: The IGNORANT, The POWER

Mascagni: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (more than once)

Menotti: The CONSUL (conceived), The MEDIUM (set design) Monteverdi: Il RITORNO d'ULLISSE in PATRIA (conceived - award for directing)

Mozart: Die ENTFÜHRUNG aus dem SERAIL, Le NOZZE di FIGARO (more than once), Die ZAUBERFLÖTE (conceived - more than once)

Nicolai: Die LUSTIGE WIEBER von WINDSOR

Offenbach: Les CONTES d'HOFFMANN (as SF opera - version D.Miladinovic/G.Korunoski)

Ponchielli: La GIOCONDA

Puccini: La BOHEME (more than once), GIANNI SCHICCHI, MADAMA BUTTERFLY (set design - video design - more than once - award for directing), La RONDINE (conceived), SUOR ANGELICA (more than once), TOSCA (conceived - more than once), TURANDOT (conceived - more than once)

Rossini: La CENERENTOLA

Saint-Saens: SAMSON et DALILA (more than once)

Shostakovich: KATARINA IZMAILOVA (set design - video design)

Strauss R.: ELEKTRA

Tchaikovski: EUGENE ONEGIN (conceived - more than once), QUEEN of SPADES (conceived - more than once)

Trailescu: PUSS in BOOTS (more than once)

Verdi: AIDA (more than once), ATTILA (conceived - award for directing), Un BALLO in MASCHERA (more than once), DON CARLOS (French version - 5 acts), La FORZA del DESTINO (conceived), NABUCCO (more than once - award for directing), OTTELO (conceived - more than once), RIGOLETTO (more than once), Il TROVATORE (set design - more than once)

Wagner: Die FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (more than once - set design), SIEGFRIED (conceived)

Ward: The CRUCIBLE (conceived - European premiere - more than once)

References

1. ^ (SMU Meadows)

• Atlanta Opera
• Florentine Opera
• Michigan Opera Theater
• Hawaii Opera Theater
• New York Citi Opera
• Dallas Opera
• Centro Studi Italiani Opera Festival

External links

• Dejan Miladinovic von Voynits Personal Website
• Dejan Miladinovic Biography at Pinnacle Arts
• Theater Directors Wikipedia

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