Chavaz becomes general director in Magdeburg
Julien Chavaz, born in Bern in 1982 and currently director of the Neue Oper Fribourg, will become General Director of the four-genre Theater Magdeburg. He succeeds Karen Stone in the post for the 2022/2023 season.
As an assistant, Chavaz has worked with renowned directors on productions in Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Germany and the USA and has staged his own productions beyond Switzerland in recent years. In 2018, he staged Shostakovich's "Moscow, Cheryomushki" in Paris, nominated by Le Monde as the best production of the year.
Theater Magdeburg is a four-section theater with its own ensembles for musical theater, ballet, concert and drama. It was created in 2004 from the merger of the Theater der Landeshauptstadt and the Freie Kammerspiele. Julien Chavaz will lead Theater Magdeburg as General Director for five seasons from August 1, 2022.
