Michael Beyer

Career Overview

Michael Beyer has 81 screen credits in a career dating back to 2002. Signature works include Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold @ Salzburg Easter Festival, Felsenreitschule 2026, Carmen: Salzburger Festspiele 2026, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Lukas Sternath in Athens. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

81

Birth Place

Celle, Germany

Known For

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  Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold @ Salzburg Easter Festival, Felsenreitschule 2026
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  Carmen: Salzburger Festspiele 2026
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  Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Lukas Sternath in Athens
• 

  Hoffmanns Erzählungen
• LA Phil Live
• 

  Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection

Frequent Collaborators

• Diana Damrau (2 collaborations)
• Rolando Villazón (1 collaborations)
• John Relyea (1 collaborations)
• Kevin Conners (1 collaborations)
• Angela Brower (1 collaborations)
• Ulrich Reß (1 collaborations)
• Dean Power (1 collaborations)
• Tim Kuypers (1 collaborations)
• Christian Rieger (1 collaborations)
• Andrew Owens (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (78 credits)

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter: Geburtstagskonzert - Mutter's Virtuosi in Wien

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold @ Salzburg Easter Festival, Felsenreitschule 2026

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Carmen: Salzburger Festspiele 2026

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Europiano (2/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Mahler Symphony 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand)

    director

    directing
    2026
  • From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026

    director

    directing
    2026
  • New Year's Concert 2026

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 - Lukas Sternath in Athens

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' @ Gewandhaus, Leipzig

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House

    director

    directing
    2025
  • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Beatrice Rana @ Lucerne Festival 2025

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Petr Popelka & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with Antoine Tamestit & Josef Špaček

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette - Opernhaus Zürich

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Puccini: Il trittico

    director

    directing
    2022
  • John Cranko: The Taming of the Shrew @ Stuttgart Ballet

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Leif Ove Andsnes plays Mozart

    director

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    2022
  • New Year's Concert 2022

    director

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    2022
  • Parsifal

    director

    directing
    2021
  • John Williams: The Berlin Concert

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Der Freischütz, Konzerthaus Berlin

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Salzburg Festival 2021: Currentzis conducts Mozart

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Winterreise

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Christian Spuck: “Winterreise” Ballet de Zurich

    director

    directing
    2021
  • 250 Jahre Ludwig van Beethoven - Das Jubiläumskonzert aus der Oper Bonn

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Così fan tutte - Salzburger Festspiele

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    director

    directing
    2020
  • John Williams: Live in Vienna

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Leonard Bernstein Mass

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Universe, Incomplete

    director

    directing
    2019
  • The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration

    director

    directing
    2018
  • The Nutcracker

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Lohengrin

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Dvořák: From the New World

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Onegin

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    directing
    2017
  • Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Aida - Verdi - Salzburg Festival

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Parsifal

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Mariss Jansons conducts: Dvořák – Stabat Mater

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Alban Berg - Wozzeck

    director

    directing
    2016
  • A John Williams Celebration

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Berg: Lulu

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Mariss Jansons dirige Dvorak & Mussorgsky

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Swan Lake

    director

    directing
    2014
  • New Year's Concert 2014

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Berliner Philharmoniker in Singapur - A Musical Journey in 3D

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Hoffmanns Erzählungen

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Salzburg Festival Opening Concert

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

    director

    directing
    2011
  • LA Phil Live

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Joshua Bell - Nobel Prize Concert

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2009 with Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Barenboim The Warsaw Recital

    director

    directing
    2010
  • New Year's Concert 2010

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Tristan und Isolde

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - Evgeni Koroliov

    director

    directing
    2008
  • The Pyongyang Concert - New York Philharmonic & Lorin Maazel

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Europakonzert 2008 from Moscow

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection

    director

    directing
    2007
  • Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1-5

    director

    directing
    2007
  • Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Abbado in Lucerne 2003

    director

    directing
    2003
  • Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte

    director

    directing
    2002

• camera (3 credits)

  • Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold @ Salzburg Easter Festival, Felsenreitschule 2026

    director of photography

    camera
    2026
  • Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    director of photography

    camera
    2022
  • Through the Eyes of Yuga Wang

    video report

    camera
    2018