Alexandros Efklidis, director

He was born in Thessaloniki. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts School of Drama of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he completed his PhD and continued with postgraduate theater studies at the Paris III University.

He taught at the School of Drama of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, at the Department of Theater Studies of the University of Patras and at the School of Musical Education and Art of the University of Macedonia, as well as at the Drama Schools of the National Theater and the National Theater of Northern Greece, where he has worked as advisor of dramaturgy.

As director of musical plays and operas, he has collaborated with Greek National Opera, Athens Festival, Neuköllner Oper Berlin, Concert Hall and Opera of Thessaloniki, the institution “Beggars’ Operas”, Patras Municipal and Regional Theatre, Onassis Cultural Centre etc. He has directed works of classical repertoire but also contemporary composers. Since February 2017, he is artistic director of the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera.