Dmitri Bertman

Stage Director (Russia)
Represented in Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden).

Founder and Artistic director of the Moscow theatre “Helikon Opera”

The performances produced by director Dmitri Bertman were successfully presented at the international festivals: “The Mermaid” - Wexford festival (Ireland) 1997; “Cosi fan Tutte” - Ludvigsburg (Germany) 1999; “Die Fledermaus” with M.Rostropovich - Evian (France) 2000; “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” - Santander festival (Spain) 2001; “Aida” -Verdi Festival in Strasburg (France) 2001; “Les Contes d’Hoffmann”, “Lulu” - Santander festival (Spain) 2002; “Les Contes d’Hoffmann”, “Lulu” - Perelada festival (Spain) 2002; at the most famous stages over the world, including London Queen Elisabeth Hall, Salzburg Festspielhaus, Montpellier Opera Berlioz, Paris Theatre des Champs Elysees. Besides his own theatre, Bertman makes productions at the greatest opera houses of the world: Canadian Opera Company, Volksoper Vienna, Nationaltheater Mannheim, ENO. Since 1994 up to now Dmitry Bertman supervises the master class at Bern Opera Studio, where he teaches future opera singers the theatrical methods of Stanislavsky, M. Chekhov and Shalyapin. Since 1996 he is heading the course in musical theater producing at the Russian Theatrical Arts Academy. In 1997 Dmitry Bertman was awarded to Honored Art Worker of Russia. In 1998, 1999 and 2000 he was awarded the most prestigious theatre award of the New Russia - “The Golden Mask” as the best opera director (Bizet’s “Carmen” - 1998, Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tsar’s Bride” - 1999, D.Schostakovitch “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” - 2001). He was a stage director of the action “Stars of the world - to children” with M.Caballe (2000).

Dmitry Bertman was born in Moscow in 1967. In 1984 he entered the State Lunacharsky Theatrical Arts Institute (Russian Theatrical Arts Academy) (GITIS), the musical theater faculty, on the speciality: musical theater producer. There he studied in the course led by National Artist of the USSR, Professor G. P. Ansimov. During his studies at the GITIS began practical activity having staged performances in Moscow, Tver and Odessa in professional theaters. In 1990 he works on probation at Salzburg Elizabet Buhne theater in Austria.

In 1990 twenty-three-year-old Dmitry organized the new opera theater in Moscow called Helikon Opera. It received the status of state in 1993. The theater becomes popular in Moscow and often tours in our country as well as abroad. Many works were staged by Dmitry Bertman for the first time in our country as well as in the world.

Last production:

• G. Verdi Falstaf (2002) Helikon Opera;
• F. Lou My Fair Lady (2002) Theater “Et Cetera”
• A. Berg Lulu (2002) Santander Festival (Spain)

Repertoire

• 2002, Berg, Lulu, Santander Festival (Spain)
• 2002, Berg, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Santander Festival (Spain)
• 2002, Berg, Lulu Helikon Opera
• 2002, Mozart, Appolon and Hyacinth, Helikon-Opera
• 2002, Berg, Lulu, Perelada Festival (Spain)
• 2002, Berg, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Perelada Festival (Spain)
• 2001, F. Ley, K. Dragunskaya, My Fair Lady, Teater "Et Cetera", Moscow
• 2001, Verdi, Falstaf, Helikon Opera
• 2001, Schostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Katerina Izmailova), Santander Festival (Spain)
• 2001, Verdi, Aida, Verdi Festival in Strasburg (France)
• 2000, Strauss, Die Fledermaus, with M. Rortropovich, Evian Music Festival (France)
• 2000, Thaikovsky, Eugene Onegin, Stadsteater (Klagenfurt, Austria)
• 2000, Verdi, Traviata, Helikon Opera
• 2000, Stravinsky, The Rakes Progress, Volksoper (Vienna)
• 2000, Schostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Katerina Izmailova), Helkon Opera
• 1999, Verdi, Traviata, Canadian Opera Company (Toronto)
• 1999, Mozart, Cosi Van Tutti, Ludvigsburg Music Festival (Germany)
• 1999, Rimsky-Korsakov, The Golden Cockerel, Helikon Opera
• 1999, Dargomyzsky, Mermaid, Estonian National Opera (Tallinn)
• 1999, Tchaikovsky, Mazepa, Helikon Opera
• 1998, Verdi, Traviata, National Theatre of Mannheim (Germany)
• 1998, Offenbach, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Helikon Opera
• 1997, Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar’s Bride, Helikon Opera
• 1997, Dargomyzsky, Mermaid, Wexford festival (Ireland)
• 1997, Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin, Helikon Opera
• 1996, Bizet, Carmen, Helikon Opera
• 1996, Puccini, Boheme, Wexford festival (Ireland)
• 1996, Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin, Wexford festival (Ireland)
• 1996, Strauss, Die Fledermaus, Helikon Opera
• 1996, Verdi, Aida, Helikon Opera
• 1995, Tchaikovsky, Pick Dame, Wexford festival (Ireland)
• 1995, Verdi, Traviata, Helikon Opera
• 1994, Tchaikovsky, Pick Dame, Helikon Opera
• 1994, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart and Salieri, Helikon Opera
• 1994, Pulenk, Human Voice, Helikon Opera
• 1994, Tchaikovsky, Undina, Helikon Opera