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Opera directors on staging 20th-century works

publication · 2026-04-23

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

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