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Andriy Yurkevych - conductor
Music Director at the Polish National Opera
After his debut at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, he earned an impressive reputation
at international level with many invitations from Monte Carlo Opera, Théâtre Royal
de la Monnaie, Bayerische Staatsoper, Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Municipal in Santiago
(Chile), Greek National Opera and San Francisco Opera. Mr. Yurkevych enjoys a continuous
and successful collaboration with the world famous soprano Edita Gruberova, working
with her in numerous productions. Among his most notable past engagements: Norma
in Paris (Salle Pleyel), Nice, Palermo and Cologne; The Swan Lake and Anna
Bolena in Florence; Pique Dame, Der Fliegende Holländer, Rigoletto,
Madama Butterfly and Nabucco in Warsaw; Roberto Devereux in
Zürich, Vienna and Madrid; Aida in Riga; The Swan Lake in Rome; Lucia
di Lammermoor in Budapest; Evgenij Onegin in Munich. In Berlin he
conducted L’Elisir d’Amore (Staatsoper) and Anna Bolena (Deutsche
Oper), a title he also conducted at the Opernhaus in Zurich and at the Wiener Staatsoper
with Anna Netrebko in the title role. More recently M° Yurkevych added a new title
to his repertoire, conducting a new production of Don Carlo in Düsseldorf.
Active also in the symphonic field, he conducted concerts with the Orchestra I Pomeriggi
Musicali in Milan and the Münchner Symphoniker, being immediately reinvited. Mr.
Yurkevych also served as Music Director of the National Theatre in Odessa and as
General Music Conductor at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Republic of
Moldova in Chisinau. As Music Director at the Polish National Opera (Teatr Wielki)
in Warsaw, he recently conducted: Evgenij Onegin, Nabucco, Maria Stuarda, Guillaume
Tell, Madama Butterfly, a new production of Moniuszko’s The Haunted Manor.
In the next season in Warsaw he will conduct: Die Zauberflöte, Norma (concert
version), Il Turco in Italia, as well as revivals of Evgenij
Onegin, La Traviata, Guillaume Tell.
Other plans include: Macbeth at the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff;
Maria Stuarda with Mariella Devia in Genoa; Le Duc d’Albe in Antwerp;
revivals of Don Carlo in Düsseldorf; concerts in Munich with the Münchner
Symphoniker and a gala with Edita Gruberova for her 50 years of career at the Opernhaus
in Zurich.
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