Barrie Kosky

Barrie Kosky, born in Melbourne in 1967, has been the artistic director and chief director of the Komische Oper Berlin since the 2012/13 season. At the end of his first season, the Komische Oper Berlin was voted Opera House of the Year in the critics' poll conducted by Opernwelt magazine, and in 2016 he was named Director of the Year in the same poll. In 2014, he received the International Opera Award for Director of the Year, and the following year, the Komische Oper Berlin was awarded the International Opera Award in the Ensemble of the Year category. Kosky is one of the most sought-after opera directors in the world, with engagements taking him to the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Oper Frankfurt, the Züricher Opernhaus, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Bayreuth Festival, among others.