Opera directors on staging 20th-century works
In interviews, stage directors Stanislas Nordey, Peter Sellars, Stéphane Braunschweig, and Francesca Zambello discuss their decisions to stage 20th-century operas. They explore how modern musical or dramatic language influences their work, the specificity of opera scenography, the definition of an opera's contemporaneity, and correlations with theater.
Key facts
- Interviews with four opera directors
- Directors: Stanislas Nordey, Peter Sellars, Stéphane Braunschweig, Francesca Zambello
- Focus on staging 20th-century operas
- Topics include influence of modern language, scenography, contemporaneity, and theater correlations
- Published in artpress in 1998
Entities
Artists
- Stanislas Nordey
- Peter Sellars
- Stéphane Braunschweig
- Francesca Zambello
Institutions
- artpress
Sources
- artpress —