Directing
A tragic and secretive romance ensues over many years after two men meet while herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain in this opera based on Annie Proulx's short story and its subsequent Oscar-winning film adaptation.
A staging of Jean-Luc Lagarce's play "It's Only the End of the World" by François Berreur.
Jo, a 74-year-old retired hairdresser, leaves her quiet life in Namur to join her son’s theatre project, traveling across Europe while caring for a husband losing his memory. Her journey becomes a gentle proof that it’s never too late to embrace the joys of life.
The premiere of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd in Madrid is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Teatro Real's bicentennial celebrations. Its magnificent libretto, based on the novel of the same name by Herman Melville, tells the story of the sailor Billy Budd: a handsome, loyal, generous, strong, naive, and kind young man whose beauty and personality drive the ship's master-at-arms mad. Unable to control the situation, the master crucifies the naive young man without mercy. This new production by the Teatro Real is being presented for the first time in Madrid, in co-production with the Opéra national de Paris, under the direction of Deborah Warner, one of the great names in stage direction today.
His eyes electrify contemporary theater. Co-director of the prestigious Schaubühne in Berlin, this German director captivates French audiences with his explosive and electrifying adaptations of Brecht, Ibsen, and Shakespeare. From his anarchist youth, Thomas Ostermeier has retained a taste for excess and radicalism. After his Richard III, acclaimed last year at the Avignon Festival, he revisits Anton Chekhov's The Seagull at the Théâtre de l'Odéon until June 25, against a backdrop of rock music, references to Article 49.3, and the war in Syria.
The main plot of this rampant collection of scenes from the streets of the lower East Side of New York revolves around Frank and Anna Maurrant and their daughter Rose. A violent and tough character, Frank fails to see his wife’s growing despair due to his lack of affection. When he discovers her with her lover, he shots them both and goes to jail, leaving behind a heartbroken Rose who, after having experienced relentless harassment by two aggressive suitors, misses her one true chance at love. The opera ends by showing the streets of New York City moving on from these mundane events in total indifference.
A live recording of Don Giovanni from the Festspielhaus Baden Baden, recorded on May 23rd 2013.
