Denis Krief
Denis Krief (* in Carthage , Tunisia) is a Franco-Italian opera director .
For his productions he has been voted director of the year several times by the Italian press .
Life
Denis Krief was born in Tunisia and grew up in Paris , where he first studied piano and singing. After completing his studies, he began to devote himself to musical theater . Since 1985 he has been employed as a director by various French theaters. His career reached a temporary high point when he staged the opera Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz at the Opéra de la Bastille in his hometown.
This production brought him the attention of international opera critics, which resulted in a number of international engagements. Since then he has mainly worked in Italy, France, Russia , Austria , Germany and Japan .
The stage sets and costumes for his productions designs Denis Krief always himself. He speaks French, among others, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, English and German.
Important productions
- 1993: Benvenuto Cellini ( Hector Berlioz ) - Paris, Opéra de la Bastille
- 1998: Linda di Chamounix ( Gaetano Donizetti ) - Bologna , Teatro Comunale
- 1999: A Midsummer Night's Dream ( Benjamin Britten ) - Rome , Teatro dell'Opera
- 1999: Turandot ( Ferruccio Busoni ) - Sassari , winner of the Premio Abbiati
- 2000: Turandot ( Giacomo Puccini ) - Sassari, Prize Winner Premio Abbiati
- 2000: Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti) - Cagliari , Teatro lirico di Cagliari , winner of the Premio Abbiati
- 2001: Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti) - Naples , Teatro San Carlo
- 2001: Iolanta ( Pyotr Tchaikovsky ) - Moscow , Helikon Opera
- 2001: Macbeth ( Giuseppe Verdi ) - Moscow, Helikon Opera
- 2002: The Death of Klinghoffer ( John Adams ) - Modena , Teatro Comunale
- 2002: Moses and Aron ( Arnold Schönberg ) - Palermo , Teatro Massimo
- 2003: Un ballo in maschera ( Giuseppe Verdi ) - Bologna, Teatro Comunale
- 2004: La traviata (Giuseppe Verdi) - Catania , Teatro Bellini
- 2004–2006: The Ring of the Nibelung ( Richard Wagner ) - Karlsruhe , Badisches Staatstheater
- 2005: Parsifal ( Richard Wagner ) - Venice , Teatro La Fenice
- 2006: Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) - Tokyo and Karlsruhe
- 2007: Nabucco (Giuseppe Verdi) - Verona , Arena di Verona
- 2007: Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) - Venice, Teatro La Fenice
- 2008: The First Emperor ( Tan Dun ) - Saarbrücken , Saarland State Theater , European premiere
- 2009: Maria Stuarda (Gaetano Donizetti) - Venice, Teatro La Fenice
- 2010: Alzira ( Giuseppe Verdi ) - St. Gallen , Theater St. Gallen , Swiss premiere
- 2010: The Woman Without a Shadow ( Richard Strauss ) - Tokyo
- 2011: La fede ne 'tradimenti ( Attilio Ariosti ) - Siena
- 2012: Luisa Miller (Giuseppe Verdi) - Bilbao
- 2012: Il barbiere di Siviglia ( Gioacchino Rossini ) - Bari , Teatro Petruzzelli
- 2013: Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi) - Bari, Teatro Petruzzelli
- 2014: Orfeo ed Euridice ( Christoph Willibald Gluck ) - Florence , Maggio Musicale
- 2014: Rusalka ( Antonín Dvořák ) - Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
- 2015: Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) - Rome, Baths of Caracalla , open-air production of the Teatro dell'Opera
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Get it, Denis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-Italian director, set designer and costume designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Carthage , Tunisia |