Tomasz Konina


Tomasz Konina was a Polish theatre and opera director and stage designer.

Biography

Born in Warsaw, Konina graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in 1996.
He made both his theatre and opera debut in 1998: Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at the Teatr Ateneum in Warsaw and Mozart's Marriage of Figaro at the Wrocław Opera.
In 2002 he was granted the scholarship of Vilar Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London.
Graduate of the University of Economics in Wrocław.
From 2007 to 2015 he was the artistic and executive director of the Jan Kochanowski Dramatic Theater in Opole.

Opera, operetta and music productions

Konina directed many works which had never been staged in Poland before:
As a manager, he initiated cooperation with a number of important theatre festivals:
As director of the theatre in Opole he invited to the cooperation many famous artists like: Agnieszka Holland, Maja Kleczewska, Aleksandra Konieczna, Monika Strzępka,,,,, Jacek Poniedziałek,, and many others. He has enabled many theatrical debuts for people who have later become recognised artists, such as, Paweł Świątek and Jędrzej Piaskowski.