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Harry Kupfer

Harry Kupfer (born 12 August 1935) is a German opera director.

Laszlo Halasz

Laszlo Halasz (6 June 1905 in Debrecen – 26 October 2001 in Port Washington, New York) was an American opera director, conductor, and pianist of Hungarian birth.


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Assadollah Hosseinpoor

They had three daughters (Tourandokht, Pourandokht, and Victoria) and two sons (Abdolreza and Tooraj. Abdolreza's son, Amir Hosseinpour became an opera director and choreographer based in London).

Dave Pountney

:For the opera director, see David Pountney

Dieter Kaegi

In 1982, he became assistant to leading French opera director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

Dmitry Bertman

Dmitry Alexandrovitch Bertman (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Бертман, born 31 October 1967) is a Russian theatre and opera director and the founder and artistic director of Helikon Opera in Moscow.

Fuad Rouhani

Guitty Hosseinpour's son, Amir Hosseinpour is an international opera director and choreographer of note.

Halasz

Laszlo Halasz (1905–2001), American opera director, conductor, and pianist of Hungarian birth

Howett

Mark Howett (b. 1963), Australian theatre, film, and opera director, designer, and lighting designer

Jürgen Flimm

With the 1978 production of Luigi Nono’s Al gran sole carico d’amore in Frankfurt, Flimm for the first time emerged as an opera director.

Lee Pattison

Lee Pattison (July 22, 1890, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin - December 22, 1966, Claremont, California) was a noted American pianist, composer, arranger, opera director, and teacher.

Mark d'Inverno

Mark is partner to the theatre and opera director Melly Still.

Minoru Miki

During this period Miki developed a relationship with theatre and opera director Colin Graham that was to last until the latter's death in 2007.

Mladen Bašić

In 1959 he was invited as Opera Director by the Salzburger Landestheater in Salzburg and a year later he was employed as main conductor of the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg.

Mozart!

The original production was directed by the controversial opera director Harry Kupfer.

Nicolas Isouard

His brother Joseph (1794–1863) had a career as a singer and opera director before being named inspector of historic monuments in Rouen.

Opera in Arabic

On March 6, 2008, at the 8th Al-Ain Classical Music Festival at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, Polish opera director Ryszard Peryt directed Egyptian musicologist Aly Sadek's translation of Mozart's Don Giovanni, as performed by soloists, the choir of the Université Antonine, Baabda, Lebanon, and the Warsaw Philharmonic's Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Zbigniew Graca.

Ronconi

Luca Ronconi, Italian actor, theater director, and opera director

Siegfried

Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), German composer, conductor, and opera director, the son of Richard Wagner

Simon Halsey

In 1987, he founded the City of Birmingham Touring Opera (since 2001 the Birmingham Opera Company) with leading international opera director Graham Vick.

The Swinging Blue Jeans

Hedley Vick - Guitarist - 24 April 1952, Bromborough, Merseyside; 1975/6 including tours of UK, Europe and New Zealand; brother of opera director, Graham Vick