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  1. February 24th, 2012, 07:54 PM #1
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    What *CURRENT* directors are truly international operatic assets?

    As we come up with our lists of today's significant singers and conductors, we should also do the same for opera directors. Once again, we are looking for current figures of undeniable importance on the international opera scene.

    Here's a first draft. Please suggest additions or deletions.

    Christopher Alden
    David Alden
    Pierre Audi
    Calixto Bieito
    Luc Bondy
    Stéphane Braunschweig
    Robert Carsen
    Patrice Chereau
    Willy Decker
    Sir Richard Eyre
    Jürgen Flimm
    Achim Freyer
    Claus Guth
    Stefan Herheim
    Kasper Bech Holten
    Andreas Homoki
    Nicholas Hytner
    Benoit Jacquot
    Peter Konwitschny
    Harry Kupfer
    Martin Kusej
    Nikolaus Lehnhoff
    Robert Lepage
    Christof Loy
    Christoph Marthaler
    David McVicar
    Peter Mussbach
    Hans Neuenfels
    Carlus Padrissa
    Laurent Pelly
    Pier Luigi Pizzi
    Olivier Py
    Peter Sellars
    Andrei Serban
    Bartlett Sher
    Julie Taymor
    Dmitri Tchernikov
    Graham Vick
    Katarina Wagner
    Robert Wilson
    Francesca Zambello
    Mary Zimmerman
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  2. February 24th, 2012, 08:08 PM #2
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    David Pountney and Jonathan Miller? I don't feel warm about their work, but they have been working a lot....

    I love Marthe Keller's productions, but she don't work a lot...
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  3. February 24th, 2012, 08:35 PM #3
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  4. February 24th, 2012, 08:46 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aramis View Post
    Clint Eastwood
    I thought of him.

    Just . . . not for very long.
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  5. February 24th, 2012, 10:10 PM #5
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  6. February 24th, 2012, 10:18 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by jflatter View Post
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    Yes, he's still active. Good catch.
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    Achim Freyer
    Andreas Homoki
    Andrei Serban
    Bartlett Sher
    Benoit Jacquot
    Calixto Bieito
    Carlus Padrissa
    Christof Loy
    Christoph Marthaler
    Christopher Alden
    Claus Guth
    David Alden
    David McVicar
    David Pountney
    Dmitri Tchernikov
    Doris Dörrie
    Elijah Moshinsky
    Francesca Zambello
    Graham Vick
    Hans Neuenfels
    Harry Kupfer
    Jonathan Miller
    Julie Taymor
    Jürgen Flimm
    Kasper Bech Holten
    Katarina Wagner
    Laurent Pelly
    Luc Bondy
    Marthe Keller
    Martin Kusej
    Mary Zimmerman
    Nicholas Hytner
    Nikolaus Lehnhoff
    Olivier Py
    Patrice Chereau
    Peter Konwitschny
    Peter Mussbach
    Peter Sellars
    Pier Luigi Pizzi
    Pierre Audi
    Robert Carsen
    Robert Lepage
    Robert Wilson
    Sir Richard Eyre
    Stefan Herheim
    Stéphane Braunschweig
    Tricia Brown
    Doris Dörrie
    Willy Decker
    Last edited by Almaviva; February 26th, 2012 at 04:56 PM.
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  8. February 26th, 2012, 04:54 PM #8
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    Tricia Brown - not many but high quality
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  9. February 26th, 2012, 04:57 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Soave_Fanciulla View Post
    Tricia Brown - not many but high quality
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    OK, I've added those above. But like I said, it's best to copy and paste the list with additions so that we're sure we keep it current. Or in your case since you have editing powers you can just edit the message.
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  10. April 25th, 2012, 05:38 AM #10
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    I must say I am not familiar with Kaspar Holten's stage work, but the clips of "Juan" I've seen are spectacular.

    Amfortas, where's that thread you had about listing directors by available dvds? I tried searching for it, couldn't find it.

    Also: Werner Herzog seems like a light opera resume from the dvd world, but I've read things about an Asian company who hired him for an opera on the 47 Ronin, and other premieres that sound more noteworthy that what we have available. (but I do love his Lohengrin)

    Great thread!
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  11. April 25th, 2012, 05:48 AM #11
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    Franco Zeffirelli is still alive but no idea the last time he created a production. I think he still has one production the Met still uses?
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  12. April 25th, 2012, 10:23 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by AmericanGesamtkunstwerk View Post
    Amfortas, where's that thread you had about listing directors by available dvds? I tried searching for it, couldn't find it.
    You mean Opera Directors on DVD/Blu-ray?
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