David Alden
One of the world’s most influential and prolific directors of opera, David Alden received the prestigious ‘South Bank Show Award’ for his production of Britten Peter Grimes. He has won two Olivier Awards to date, including in 2018 for his production of Rossini Semiramide for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in 2009 for Janácek Jenůfa at English National Opera. He also received the ‘Bavarian Theatre Prize for Individual Artistic Achievement’, marking a long time relationship with the Bavarian State Opera.