16.07.2025

NIKITA IVASECHKO | Debut at the Bregenz Festival

After baritone Nikita Ivasechko attracted attention in his first season as a permanent member of the Graz Opera ensemble as Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream) in three new productions, he is now making his debut at the Bregenz Festival this summer as Thésée in George Enescu's monumental tragédie lyrique Œdipe.

German director Andreas Kriegenburg is responsible for this new production at the Bregenz Festival Theatre. Together with set designer Harald B. Thor and costume designer Tanja Hofmann, he has dedicated each of the four independently narrated acts to an element: fire, water, air and earth, combined with archaic materials such as wood, clay and simple fabric, but also bare skin. Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu, who is also appearing at the Bregenz Festival for the first time, will conduct the music.

We wish Nikita Ivasechko a big ToiToiToi for his debut at the Bregenz Festival!

Cast

Johan Reuter, Œdipe
Ante Jerkunica, Tirésias
Tuomas Pursio, Créon
Mihails Čuļpajevs, Le Berger
Nika Guliashvili, Nika Guliashvili
Vazgen Gazaryan, Phorbas / Le Veilleur
Nikita Ivasechko, Thésée
Michael Heim, Laïos
Marina Prudenskaya, Jocaste
Anna Danik, La Sphinge
Iris Candelaria, Antigone
Tone Kummervold, Mérope

Hannu Lintu, musical direction
Andreas Kriegenburg, production
Harald B. Thor, stage
Tanja Hofmann, costumes
Andreas Grüter, lighting
Florian Amort, dramaturgy