Stephen Langridge Director

Stephen Langridge is the Artistic Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisbon; Director at , a post he Rigoletto at Volksoper Wien; Barbe took up in spring 2019. He was Bleue at the Bregenz Festival; Giulio previously Director for Opera and Cesare for Opéra de Bordeaux; La Drama at Gothenburg Opera, Boheme for Angers-Nantes Opéra; Sweden, where his productions of Le Misper, Zoe, and Tangier Tattoo for nozze di Figaro (2014/15), Hamlet Glyndebourne; Orphée et Eurydice (2015/16) and Elektra (2016/17) all and The Possessed for Greek brought him critical acclaim. Das National Opera; The Io Passion for Rheingold, which opened in Aldeburgh and Bregenz festivals November 2018, is the first part of a and The Mask of Orpheus at the four-season production of Der Ring South Bank Centre, London. He des Nibelungen he directs, finishing works regularly at Grange Park with Götterdämmerung in 2021. Opera, where his productions have included Le Nozze di Figaro, Blue Outside of Glyndebourne Stephen is Beard, Maria Stuarda and I Puritani, much in demand at major opera and at Nationale Reisopera in the houses and festivals worldwide, with Netherlands for whom he has recent new productions including directed Wake, Hippolyte et Aricie, Theodora at Théâtre des Champs- La Boheme, Arianna in Creta and Élysées, for Greek National The Turn of the Screw. “...the theatrical experience is Opera and Tristan und Isolde for the thing: it is overwhelming ” Staatstheater Hannover. Last season The Exeter University drama graduate Colin Anderson, The Opera he was due to return to to the Théâtre is also known for his large-scale des Champs-Élysées for a new Poppea theatre work in unusual settings. Such Critic which was sadly unable to take place. projects have included West Side Story Julius Caesar In 2013/14, he directed a new in UK Prisons, and Ngoma, a multi-

production of Parsifal for the Royal racial music and theatre project in Opera House Covent Garden. South African townships. For Share Furthermore, his work has included Music Sweden he works with productions of La Damnation de integrated groups of disabled and

Faust for Lyric Opera of Chicago; non-disabled young people and he Otello at Salzburg Festival and regularly leads training, development, Opera di Roma; for and education projects for opera Royal Opera House Covent Garden; companies and orchestras across at Tokyo Opera City; Europe. .

Lohengrin at the Stockholm Royal Opera; Madama Butterfly for Den Norske Opera Oslo; Salome in Valid for use until 1 February 2021 Malmö; Don Carlo at the Teatro For updated versions please contact [email protected]

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