Johannes Erath

Johannes Erath studied violin in Vienna and was a musician in the Volksoper orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Academy. He later turned his career to stage direction. His early productions include Cendrillon in Bern (winner of the Götz Friedrich Prize in 2008), as well as Orfeo ed Euridice , Aida , Manon , Faust , Saariaho's L'amour de loin , and Les Troyens at the Cologne Opera, in addition to La traviata and La zorrita astuta in Hamburg. In Graz, Erath conducted Lulu , Don Giovanni , Elektra , Lohengrin , and Die tote Stadt , which won the award for best production in Austria in 2015. He debuted in Frankfurt with Eötvös's Angels in America , followed by Otello , Giulio Cesare , Euryanthe , Herrmann's Der Mieter , Król Roger , Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg or Alcina , and presented Le nozze di Figaro in Dresden, resumed at the Savonlinna Festival.

His acclaimed production of Les contes d'Hoffmann has been seen at the Semperoper Dresden, the Finnish National Opera, and the Palau de les Arts. Other notable works include Un ballo in maschera and I masnadieri at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Caruso a Cuba at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam; La Vestale and Freitag, der 13. at the Theater an der Wien; La sonnambula and Septembersonate at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf; Crepuscolo dei Sogni in Palermo; and Make No Noise , Beatrice Cenci , and Das Rheingold at the Bregenz Festival. Last season, he made his debuts at the Staatsoper Berlin with Fin de partie and at the Volksoper Vienna with Die Csárdásfürstin . His Ermione for Pesaro won the Abbiati Prize for best production in 2024.