Andy Sommer

Biography

Career Overview

Andy Sommer has 62 screen credits in a career dating back to 2000. Signature works include Die Macht des Rings, Adam's Passion, Parsifal. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender
Known Credits: 62

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Andreas Schager (2 collaborations)
Michalis Theophanous (1 collaborations)
Lucinda Childs (1 collaborations)
Endro Roosimäe (1 collaborations)
Erki Laur (1 collaborations)
Tatjana Kosmõnina (1 collaborations)
Triin Marts (1 collaborations)
Trevor Mattias Sakias (1 collaborations)
Lui Laur (1 collaborations)
Evelin Tanis (1 collaborations)

Credits

directing (57 credits)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Die Macht des Rings
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Gould Lover
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Mozart Davide Penitente
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Oh la la, Alagna ! De la Sicile à Little Italy
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigénie en Tauride @ Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2024
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 - Leipzig | Paris | Milan | Vienna
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 - Leipzig | Paris | Milan | Vienna
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Wagner's Ring Without Words Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Richard Wagner: Siegfried - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Richard Wagner: Die Walküre - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Carmen (Chorégies d'Orange 2023)
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Prokofiev: War and Peace
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Liszt's Piano Concerto no. 2 with Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- Richard Wagner: Die Walküre @ Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- Martha Argerich & Maria João Pires Play Mozart Victoria Hall - Geneva
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Renaud Capuçon - Un violon sans frontières
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- La Bayadere
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2020
- Beethoven Reloaded
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2020
- Betrothal in a Monastery
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2019
- Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / The Nutcracker
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Janáček: From the House of the Dead
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Tristan und Isolde
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Lulu
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Carmen (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- The Sleeping Beauty
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Jonas Kaufmann: Dolce Vita
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Pelléas et Mélisande
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Adam's Passion
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Parsifal
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Lang Lang - Live in Versailles
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Roberto Alagna - Ma vie est un opéra
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Carmen (Arena di Verona)
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Follies
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Messiah
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Verdi: Aida - Arena di Verona 2013
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Alban Berg: Wozzeck
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Roberto Alagna à Versailles - Un siècle d'opéra français - 2009
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Roberto Alagna - Pasión Live
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Tchaikovsky: Simphonies 4,5 & 6 - Valery Gergiev
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 - Gergiev
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Gustav Mahler - Autopsie d'un génie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Dialogues des Carmelites
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- Le Carnaval des animaux
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- Macbeth: Opéra National de Paris
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Peer Gynt
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Anne-Sophie Mutter: The Mozart Violin Concertos
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Barenboim on Beethoven - The Complete Piano Sonatas Live from Berlin
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & Harold en Italie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary: Piano Extravaganza
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- Sur incises: A lesson by Pierre Boulez
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
writing (1 credits)
- Gould Lover
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2026
camera (2 credits)
- Dutch National Opera: The Maid of Orleans
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2025
- Jacques Offenbach - Die schöne Helena
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2019
crew (1 credits)
- Beethoven Reloaded
  
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2020
production (1 credits)
- Aida
  
  production director
  
  production
  
  2006