Georges Delnon


Georges Delnon is a Swiss theatre director, artistic director and professor. Since 2006 he is the artistic director of the Theater Basel and he will take over the management of the Hamburg State Opera in 2015.

Life

Delnon grew up in Bern. After his studies in art history and musicology at the University of Bern and University of Fribourg as well as composition at the. He produced his first productions in opera and play in Bern, Lucerne and at the.
His focus soon began to shift towards premieres of Musical theatres like 22.13 by Mark Andre ; Hellhörig by Carola Bauckholt, Der Alte vom Berge by Bernhard Lang ; and 3 Frauen by Wolfgang Rihm.
Additionally, he did many stagings in Europe, America and Asia, which were followed by his first movie productions.
As a professor, Delnon began at the Folkwang University of the Arts, moving on to working in Frankfurt, Montepulciano and Basel. In 2002 he received a professorship for scenic plays at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz. In the fall semester of 2014 he will be also working at the University of Zürich as a guest lecturer.
As an artistic director Delnon's career began at the , followed by the Staatstheater Mainz and the Theater Basel, where he won the award Opera house of the year two times in a row. Since 2009 he is also the artistic director of the Schwetzingen Festival. In 2015 Delnon will start his job as the artistic director of the Hamburg State Opera.

Awards and honors

2003 he was named honorary Professor of the University of Mainz and received the Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 2002 Delnon is a member of the.

Stagings (selection)