BIO [EN]

Alexandru Nagy is a Romanian actor, director and tenor.

Born in Cluj-Napoca in 1990, in an artistic family and environment.  He began his musical training at six years old by studying the piano.

Since 1996, he spent his childhood in the National Opera of Bucharest, participating in performances and rehearsals as part of the Children’s Choir.

He collaborated from an early age with the Romanian Television but also with other television and radio stations as a presenter or translator/interpreter English-Romanian in several programs dedicated to children.

During high school he founded the Amateur Theatre Company “Noah s Ark“, with branches in Bucharest, Brasov and Cluj-Napoca, with whom he evolved as an actor, director and artistic director, being awarded over 30 prizes at festivals around the country.

Since 2011 he is the Founding Artistic Director of TIP Theatre of Independent Professionals.

Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts – Acting at The National University of Theatre and Cinema ”I. L. Caragiale” – Bucharest, 2012 (Prof. univ. dr. Doru Ana, Valeria Sitraru, Vlad Logigan).

Master of Arts in Theatre Directing at East 15 Acting School, University of Essex, 2013 (Prof.  Anthony Clark).

He made his opera debut, as a baritone, in 2013, with the title role of Rossini’s ”Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Opera Lyrica Oxford, UK.

Master of Fine Arts in Opera at the National Music University of Bucharest, 2023 (Prof.  univ. dr. Silvia Voinea)

As an actor he starred in: A vain play, 10 for New York, The Wall and Two Lines written and directed by Lia Bugnar, Konkurs after Alexander Galin, directed by Emanuel Pârvu at Metropolis Theatre. A pocket full of bread by Matei Vișniec, directed by Alex. Bogdan and Airport by Ștefan Caraman.

Assistant Director to: Horațiu Mălăele, Victor Ioan Frunză, Anthony Clark, David Gothard, Mick Davis, Giancarlo del Monaco, Mario de Carlo, Christian Badea, Gábor Tompa.

He has directed in theatre: Women’s Sex as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War; The Human Trashcan; Cabaret of Words; The King Rat; In Two; Vague Theatre by Matei Vișniec; The Painting and The Game of Slaughter by Eugène Ionesco; Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett; Fools in the Moonlight by Teodor Mazilu; Malaga by Lukas Bärfuss; Starshitting by Jean-Lorin Sterian; NON-STOP after Alina Nelega; CASTING – collage of contemporary theatre & Shakespeare; Good Deeds by Sebastian Ungureanu; Ego Sum Ovidius by Ana Maria Nistor, generously supported and produced by Catena and Fildas Foundation; Sunset Limited after Cormac McCarthy; Airport, Six light comedies for sad people and M&M by Ștefan Caraman; Rosmersholm after Henrik Ibsen; A stormy night by Ion Luca Caragiale;

In September 2013 he directed ”Il Tabarro” by Giacomo Puccini and in November 2018 the operetta ”Countess Maritza” by Emmerich Kàlmàn at the Opera Brasov.

Since 2018 he is Founding Artistic Director of Performance Delivery. A freelance itinerary performance group that performs in unconventional sites.

On screen he plays an important role (Mitu) in the feature film Moon Hotel Kabul, directed by Anca Damian, awarded for “Best Director” at the Warsaw International Film Festival 2018.

Nominated at the 2019 GOPO Awards Gala for Best Supporting Actor and Special Mention of the Alex Leo Șerban Scholarship at TIFF 2019.

In 2018 awarded Best Director at the UNDERCLOUD Independent Theatre Festival for his production of Matei Vișniec’s ”IN TWO”, performed in a car.

Also in 2018 he was honored to receive the UCIN President’s Award for his acting performance in ”Moon Hotel Kabul”.

Between 2018 and 2022 as assistant director of the Bucharest National Opera he works with important directors, choreographers and set designers in the revival or production of the following performances: “Otello” by Giuseppe Verdi (R: Giancarlo del Monaco); “Nabucco” by Giuseppe Verdi (R: Hero Lupescu); “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi (R: Plamen Kartaloff); “Oedipe” by George Enescu (R: Valentina Carrasco); “Il Trovatore” by Giuseppe Verdi (R: Mario de Carlo); “Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck (R: Anda Tăbăcaru); “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini (R: Mario de Carlo); “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff (Choreography: Davide Bombana); “Lady with the dog” by Livia Teodorescu Ciocănea – world premiere (R: Alexander Hausvater); “Carmen” by Georges Bizet (R: Marina Emandi Tiron); “Madama Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini (R: Jean Rânzescu).

In June 2021 he made his debut as tenor and director on the stage of the Bucharest Conservatory, with the role of Rodolfo in “La Bohème” by Giacomo Puccini in the opera course of Professor Daniel Prallea-Blaga.

In December 2021 he directed the operetta “Wiener Blut” by Johann Strauss II at the Romanian National Opera Iasi.

In August 2022 he participated in the last Masterclass held by soprano Mariana Nicolesco in Brăila, the hometown of legendary Hariclea Darclée.

In September 2022 he directs the touring adaptation of “Rigoletto” by Giuseppe Verdi (R: Stephen Barlow) and “Crai Nou” by Ciprian Porumbescu (R: Răzvan Ioan Dincă).

Signs the artistic concept for an impressive number of Galas and Extraordinary Concerts for The National Bucharest Opera.

In November 2022 he directed a performance of Dan Dediu’s “Povestea Iei” (absolute premiere) presented by the Bucharest National Opera (choreography: Gigi Căciuleanu, design: Viorica Petrovici) on the main stage of UNESCO – Paris, celebrating 160 years of Romanian diplomacy.

Since November 2022 he is the Director (Regizor) of the Bucharest National Opera.

In December 2022 he signs the direction of “A stormy night” by I. L. Caragiale for Concordia Theatre Company.

In 2023 he starts working in the Experimental Opera Studio “Ludovic Spiess” of the National Opera in Bucharest, together with the new generation of opera artists.

In the studio he staged itinerary performances like: OPERA ALIVE, OPERA LABYRINTH, OPERA HALLOWEEN, OPERA MUSEUM NIGHT, National Day Gala, PUCCINI EXPRESS and Puccini per sempre.

Since 2023 he is starring as Reyer in the famous musical “The Phantom of the Opera”  staged by Răzvan Ioan Dincă at the Bucharest National Opera.

In June 2023 he made his debut as tenor and director on the stage of the National University of Music, with the part of Nemorino in “L`elisir d`amore” by Donizetti with the opera studio of Professor Daniel Prallea-Blaga.

In July 2023 he also makes his debut as director on the main stage of the Bucharest National Opera with the diptych ,,La Piață x Revuluția” by Mihail Jora and Adrian Iorgulescu, the first opera and ballet performance in Romania made of recycled materials.

On 15 August 2023 he is invited as honorary representative of the Association of Romanians in Italy and InfoCons to perform the Romanian Anthem in Arena di Verona at the opening of the European Volleyball Championship.

On the 23rd of September he produces the 13th edition of the open-air show ”Opera Promenade” with the generous support of Catena and Fildas Foundation.

On the 4th of December 2023, he is opening his second production “DescOpera LA TRAVIATA” on the main stage of the National Opera of Bucharest with the soloists of the Experimental Opera Studio, Orchestra and Chorus of the National Bucharest Opera, conducted by Daniel Jinga. The production successfully toured Brasov, Constanta, Cluj-Napoca, Alba-Iulia and it continues to amaze new audiences around the country.

In January 2024 he was invited by the Association of Romanians in Italy to perform Lucio Dalla’s ”CARUSO” at the 29th edition of ”Concerto dell’Epifania” at Mostre d’Oltremare in Napoli.

He is currently performing in Terrence McNally’s play ”MASTER CLASS” alongside famous actress Oana Pellea. Directed by Laurentiu Rusescu at the National Bucharest Opera in co-production with Wonder Theatre.

Starting 2024 he is doing his PhD. studies on the theme of ”The Opera-Actor’s Method”, at the National Music University in Bucharest, under the guidance of composer and professor Adrian Iorgulescu.

His upcoming projects include: staging Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and La bohème and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.