Patrice Chéreau

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Patrice Chéreau (born 2 November 1944) is a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer.

1 Biography
2 Theatre (directed)
3 Opera (directed)
4 Filmography
5 References
6 External links

Biography

Patrice Chéreau was born in Lézigné, France, and went to school in Paris. At a young age he became well-known to Parisian critics as director, actor, and stage manager of his high-school theatre. At 15, he was enthusiastically celebrated as theatre prodigy. In 1964, at the age of 19, he began directing for the professional theatre. In 1966 he created a very busy Public-Theatre at the Parisian suburb of Sartrouville. In 1969, he staged his first opera. The following year he established a close relationship with the leadership of the Piccolo-Teatro in Milan, Paolo Grassi and Giorgio Strehler. In 1975 he worked in Germany for the first time directing Edward Bond's Lear. Chereau's most discussed production was his 1976 centennial staging of Richard Wagner's tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Pierre Boulez. Polarizing fans and critics, Chereau chose to set the operas during the 19th-century Industrial Revolution, and was thought to have emphasized the dramatic rather than the musical elements of the works.

Theatre (directed)

Peer Gynt by Ibsen (1981) at Amandiers - Taped for TV
La Fausse suivante by Marivaux (1985) at Amandiers - Taped for TV
Combat de Nègre et de Chiens by Bernard-Marie Koltès (1985) at Amandiers
Quai Ouest (1985) by Bernard-Marie Koltès at Amandiers
Dans la solitude des champs de coton by Bernard-Marie Koltès (1986) at Amandiers - Taped for TV
Le Retour au Désert (1988) by Bernard-Marie Koltès at Amandiers
Hamlet (1989) at Amandiers - Taped for TV
Le Temps et la Chambre by Botho Strauss (1992) at Odéon - Taped for TV
Dans la solitude des champs de coton (1995-96) at Ivry, Wiener Festwochen and Brooklyn Academy of Music - Taped for TV
Phèdre by Racine (2003) at Odéon and Wiener Festwochen - Taped for TV/DVD

Opera (directed)

Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach (1973-1980) at Opéra National de Paris - Tape for TV
Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner at Bayreuth Festival - Filmed for TV
- Das Rheingold (1976-1980) : evening
- Die Walküre (1976-1980) : first day
- Siegfried (1976-1980) : second day
- Götterdämmerung (1976-1980) : third day
Lulu by Alban Berg (1979) at Opéra National de Paris - Taped for TV
Lucio Silla by Mozart (1984) at Amandiers, La Monnaie and Teatro alla Scala - Taped for TV
Wozzeck (1993-1999) at Châtelet and Berlin Staatsoper - Taped for TV
Don Giovanni (1994-1996) at Salzburg Festival
Così fan tutte (2005-6) at Aix-en-Provence, Opéra National de Paris and Wiener Festwochen - Taped for TV/DVD
From the House of the Dead by Leoš Janáček (2007 spring and summer) at Wiener Festwochen, Holland Festival^[1], Aix-en-Provence, Teatro alla Scala and Metropolitan Opera
Tristan und Isolde (2007 winter) at Teatro alla Scala

Filmography

Director

Gabrielle (2005)
His Brother (2003) - won a Golden Bear for best director at the Berlin Film Festival
Intimacy (2001) - won the Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear for Best Film
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998) - won César Award Best Director
Queen Margot - won Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize
Contre l'oubli (1991)
Hôtel de France (1986)
The Wounded Man (1983) - won César Award Best Screenplay
Judith Therpauve (1978)
La Chair de l'orchidée (1975)