Biography
Nadja Loschky studied musical theater direction at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin.Parallel to her studies, she assisted Hans Neuenfels and worked as a freelance director at the Municipal Theater in Osnabrück. In the following years, the first productions in the field of children's and youth theater were created under her direction at this theatre.
In 2006, her interpretation of Fried's mono-opera Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank) was invited to the Theatertreffen der Jugend (Youth Theatre Meeting) in Berlin. Further engagements followed, including at the Staatstheater Kassel.
Following her practical diploma examination in 2009, Nadja Loschky staged La Traviata and Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Städtische Bühnen Osnabrück and Faust by Charles Gounod at the Staatstheater Kassel. In 2011, she made her debut with the world premiere of the family opera Mikropolis by Christian Jost at the Komische Oper Berlin. The following year saw productions of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Staatstheater Kassel, Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Theater Heidelberg and the family opera Die Schatzinsel (Frank Schwemmer) at the Opernhaus Zürich, followed in 2013 by Simon Boccanegra at the Theater Aachen and Handel's Alcina at the Luzerner Theater.
In 2014, she returned to the Heidelberg Theatre with Così fan tutte and staged her first Puccini opera, Madama Butterfly, at the Bielefeld Theatre. She was awarded the Götz Friedrich Prize in 2015 for this production.
In the same year, she returned to the Zurich Opera House and premiered Christian Jost's Rote Laterne. She then staged Boiledieu's rarely performed opera La dame blanche at the Oldenburg State Theatre and Le nozze di Figaro at the Heidelberg Theatre.
In 2016, she returned to the Lucerne Theatre, this time with an interpretation of Norma.
For her production of Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice at the Bielefeld Theatre, which premiered in the same year, she received a nomination in the “Best Director” category in the annual magazine of the trade journal Opernwelt.
Productions of recent seasons include Verdi's Macbeth at the Oldenburg State Theatre, Zingarelli's Giulietta e Romeo at the Baroque Theatre in Schwetzingen, L'incoronazione di Poppea, Rihm's Jakob Lenz, Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, and La Traviata at the Theater Bielefeld, where she was appointed resident director in 2018, has been director of the theatre since the 2019/2020 season, and will take over as artistic director in the 23/24 season.
She also made her directing debut at the Graz Opera with Ariane et Barbe-Bleue by Paul Dukas, staged Thomas' Hamlet at the Komische Oper Berlin, made her debut at the Cologne Opera with Rusalka, and continued to cause a sensation there with the production Die Vögel and in Graz with Die Passagierin.
She also directed Giulio Cesare and Alban Berg's Lulu at the Frankfurt Opera.
Projects for the 2025/26 season include directing Carmen at the Semperoper Dresden and Kassandra at the Theater Bielefeld. Guest performances at major international opera houses have been firmly agreed for the future.
In addition to her work as a director, she also lectures on a project basis at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music and the Berlin University of the Arts.
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Caesar and Cleopatra in Frankfurt
Nadja Loschky, director of the Bielefeld Theatre as of this season, is bringing Georg Friedrich Händel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto back to the Frankfurt Opera from 24.03.24 with a new production!The audience can expect a dramatic event that is both a romantic drama and a political thriller. While the production begins with the idea of reconciliation, it quickly turns into a dramatic tangle of murder and retribution. This is ideal material for Nadja Loschky, whose recent productions have repeatedly thrilled audiences.
The production promises a multitude of motifs, emotions and entanglements, as well as rapid scene changes and multi-layered characters, with a top vocal cast including Pretty Yende as Cleopatra, Lawrence Zazzo as Giulio Cesare and Nils Wanderer as Tolomeo. Etienne Pluss and Irina Spreckelmeyer are responsible for the stage and costumes, with Simone Di Felice conducting.
Further performance dates and information can be found here:
www.oper-frankfurt.de
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Nadja Loschky gibt ihr Frankfurter Regiedebüt / 21.03.2024 / faz.net
Oper als Einstiegsdroge - Frankfurter Allgemeine
Giulio Cesare in Egitto / 24.03.2024 / omm.de
"Nadja Loschky findet einen nahezu zeitlosen Ansatz für Händels großartige Oper. Die hochkarätige Besetzung bietet einen musikalischen Barockgenuss vom Feinsten."
Zazà / Theater Bielefeld / 04.06.2023 / die-deutsche-buehne.de
"[...] Nadja Loschky erzählt die Geschichte in ihrer psychologisch genauen, empathischen Personenführung in Bielefeld so lebendig nach, [...]"
Die Vögel / Oper Köln / 06.12.2021 / nmz.de
"Eine äußerst gelungene Produktion"
"Die liebevoll erzählten kleinen Geschichten und Aktionen "zwischen den Librettozeilen", die Qualität der Sänger und des Orchester, die aufgemachten Assoziationsfelder und das wirkungsvolle Bühnenbild machten die Produktion zu einem ebenso kurzweiligen wie denkwürdigen Abend."
Die Vögel / Oper Köln / 06.12.2021 / liveinderoper.com
"Nadja Loschky inszeniert ein rasantes Spiel mit unendlicher Liebe zum Detail auf dieser riesigen Bühne im Kölner Staatenhaus. Großartige Szenen mit Chor und Statisterie..."
Rusalka / Oper Köln / 15.03.19 / opernmagazin.de
"ein bildstarker und musikalisch anspruchsvoller von der Presse gefeierter und vom Publikum bejubelter Opernabend"
La Traviata / Theater Bielefeld / 17.12.18 / crescendo.de
"eine außergewöhnlich achtsame Inszenierung"
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue / Oper Graz / 05.03.18 / bachtrack.com
"wurde [...] dank Dukas' atmosphärischer Musik und Nadja Loschkys tiefgehender Regie zu einem Opernerlebnis, das beklemmt und fasziniert zugleich"
Death in Venice / Theater Bielefeld / 21.06.16 / deutschlandfunk.de
"Mit sparsamen, aber wirkungsvollen Mitteln hat Nadja Loschky ein intensives Opernerlebnis geschaffen"