Wolfgang Berthold

Wolfgang Berthold was born near Stuttgart and studied modern German literary history, musicology and German linguistics in Freiburg im Breisgau. Between 2008 and 2014, he was engaged as a director at the Theater Freiburg and the Komische Oper Berlin, working with, amongst others, Benedict Andrews, Calixto Bieito, Frank Hilbrich, Barrie Kosky, Marcus Lobbes, René Pollesch, Joan Anton Rechi, Tom Ryser and Reinhard von der Thannen.

Since 2014, he has been working as a director in musical theatre and drama in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From 2021 to 2025, he was engaged as opera director and chief director for musical theatre at the Theater Vorpommern. His works include, amongst others, *Le nozze di Figaro*, *The Magic Flute*, *Idomeneo*, *La Traviata*, *Tosca*, *The Merry Widow*, Gluck’s *Orfeo ed Euridice*, Krenek’s *Jonny spielt auf*, Hartmann’s *Simplicius Simplicissimus*, Britten’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* and *Albert Herring*, Rossini’s *L’italiana in Algeri* and *L’occasione fa il ladro*, Benatzky’s *Meine Schwester und ich*, as well as the musicals *My Fair Lady*, *The Last Five Years* and *The Count of Monte Cristo*.

He also teaches regularly as a lecturer in stage performance at the Berlin University of the Arts, the Zurich Conservatory of Music, the Lübeck University of Music and the Lotte Lehmann Academy in Perleberg.