Künstleragentur Sandra Milankov

ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIĆ

REGISSEUR

Aleksandar Nikolić was born in 1988. in Kruševac, Yugoslavia. He has started his carrier as a stage director engaged in The Opera department of the National Theater in Belgrade from the season 2009/10. and later in Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad from the season 2018/19. up today. In season 2015/16. Aleksandar Nikolić was engaged in Royal Opera House Covent Garden, as an assistant director, and later as monitoring director.
He received PhD in Opera directing in 2023. at the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade. In addition to theater directing (Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade) he also studied Art history (Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade), Interior and Stage design (Belgrade Polytechnic), Piano and Music theory (1992-2004.). Hi did his professional upgrading in Brescia (Italy), Thessaloniki (Greece) and Hanover (Germany).
From June 2015 – 2022. Aleksandar Nikolić was engaged as professor (maitre de conferences) at Belgrade Dance Institute- subjects “Stage directing in opera and ballet”, “Libretto Anatomy“ and “Stage director’s analysis of the music”. From the season 2016/17 he is engaged in international masterclasses for opera singers, directors and conductors ( in USA, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Israel, Montenegro, Serbia) intended to provide set of tools for interpretation of a music and verbal text in the Italian and French opera repertoire.
From the season of 2019. to 2023. Aleksandar Nikolić was appointed as a general manager of municipal theater “Duško Radović” in Belgrade where he produced 25 stage works. Since 2009. Aleksandar Nikolić has been actively engaged in charity work, organizing and directing donor concerts and charity galas featuring renowned Serbian opera singers and actors which raised significant funds for children and mothers affected with systemic diseases.

SELECTED WORKS of Aleksandar Nikolić:

2024. COSI FAN TUTTE. Mozart (Opera and Theater Madlenianum and GIPAC Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia)
2024. MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Puccini (Belgrade Philharmonic, Serbia)
2024. BLUE MONDAY, Gershwin (National Theater in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2023. TOSCA, Puccini (Belgrade Philharmonic, Serbia)
2023. LA TRAVIATA, Verdi (Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, Serbia)

2022. OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2022, (Novi Sad, National Theater, Serbia)
2022. TRE SORELLE,- world premier (National Music Center, Podgorica Montenegro)
2022. VLADIMIR AND KOSARA, S.Divjaković- world premiere (Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, Serbia)
2022. THE TELEPHONE, Menotti (National Theater in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2021. AIDA, Verdi (Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, Serbia)
2021. ORFEO ED EURIDICE, Gluck (National Theater in Belgrade, Serbia)

2020. GRAND HOTEL- world premiere (Opera and Theater Madlenianum and Balkan Dance Festival)

2019. FAUST, Gounod (Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, Serbia)
2019. RIGOLETTO, Verdi (Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, Serbia)
2019. L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA, Monteverdi (National Theater in Belgrade and Rossi Fest, Serbia)
2019. DON GIOVANNI, Mozart (Universal Arts Festival, Boston, SAD Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theater, Boston)
2019.HAGAR AND ISHMAEL, world premiere (Universal Arts Festival, Boston, SAD Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theater, Boston
2019. SAMMY AND RAMMY, world premiere (Universal Arts Festival, Boston, SAD and Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theater, Boston )

2018. VIVA LA MAMMA, Donizetti (IMVAJ Foundation and Israeli Center of Excellence, Jerusalem, Israel)
2018. BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE, Bartok (Belgrade Philharmonic, Serbia)
2018. THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN, T. Mann - world premiere (Cultural Center Velenje, Slovenia and Balkan Dance Festival)
2018. DON GIOVANNI, Mozart (GIPAC foundation and Combanc hall, Belgrade, Serbia)

2017. VIVA LA MAMMA, Donizetti (National Theater in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2017. FLEDEMAUS, Strauss (IMVAJ Foundation and Israeli Center of Excellence, Jerusalem, Israel)
2017. BLASPHEMY IN THE VALLEY OF SAINT FLORIAN, Cankar- world premier (Cultural Center Velenje and Balkan Dance Festival)
2017. CARMINA BURANA, Orff (Sava center, Belgrade, Serbia)
2017. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini (Vrnjačka Banja Summer Festival, Serbia)
2017. LJUBAV I MODA, S. Koprivica, A Nikolić- world premiere (Opera and Theater Madlenianum,Belgrade, Serbia)

2016. DON GIOVANNI (National Theater in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2016. LA SERVA PADRONA, Pergolesi (National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia)
2016. PYRAMUS AND THISBE, I. Sharon – world premier (IMVAJ Foundation and Israeli Center of Excellence, Jerusalem, Israel)

2015. LE CONEVINIENZE ED INCINEVINIENZE TEATRALI, Donizetti (Croatian National Theater in Rijeka, Croatia)
2015. MELANCHOLIC DREAMS OF COUNT SAVA VLADISLAVICH, S. Božić- world premiere (National Theater in Belgrade, Serbia)

2014. SHAKESPEARE: SONNETS (National Theater in Belgrade, Serbia)
2014. NELLA NOTE DENSA... IN THE DARK NIGHT (National Theater in Belgrade, Serbia)

2013. THE LAST DREAM OF MILUTIN MILANKOVIĆ, V. Antonijević, A. Nikolić- world premiere (Opera and Theater Madlenianum in Belgrade, Serbia)

ON THE REPERTOARY:

2023. SUOR ANGELICA, Puccini
2020. IL TROVATORE, Verdi
2017. NORMA, Bellini
2015.CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni
2015. OTELLO, Verdi
2012. LA BOHEME, Puccini
2013.DON PASQUALE , Donizetti
2012. CARMEN, Bizet
2011. L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti
2011. L'AMOUR DES TRES ORANGES, Prokofjev
2010. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart
2010. ADRIANA LECOVREAUR, Cilea
2010.UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi
2009. LUCIA DI LAMERMOOR, Donizetti
2009. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini
2009. IMPRESARIO, Mozar