Bárbara Lluch was born in Barcelona and studied classical acting at the Estudio Corazza in Madrid. Her acting career brought her together with directors such as Robert LePage and Maurizio Scaparro and ranged from roles such as Doña Inés at the Campañia Nacional de Teatro Clásico to parts in film and television. She fell in … Continued
Background: Trained with Warren Gasson, McDonald College and The Australian Ballet School. OA repertoire: Revival of movement/choreography for The Pearlfishers, Madama Butterfly, Partenope, Manon Lescaut, La Travaiata. Dance Captain for My Fair Lady, The Pirates of Penzance, The Gondoliers, HMS Pinafore, Trial by Jury and The Love for Three Oranges. Has performed in over 60 productions for … Continued
David Andrew George trained at the Laban Centre. His British opera credits include: For the Royal Opera House: Les Troyens (also La Scala) Adriana Lecouvreur (also Barcelona, Vienna, Opera de Paris) and Salome; For English National Opera: Turn of the Screw, Der Rosenkavalier (also Scottish Opera and Opera North) Agrippina (also Barcelona), The Handmaid’s Tale, … Continued
Alice is a costume and production designer across film, television, theatre and opera. Alice most recently served as Production Designer and Costume Designer on The Narrow Road to the Deep North starring Jacob Elordi and directed by Justin Kurzel. Alice’s feature film Costume Design credits include; Beau is Afraid starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Ari Aster; Foe starring Saoirse Ronan … Continued
Background: Studied music at Oxford and at London’s Guildhall School, where she later taught. Her early career was as a freelance pianist, teacher and music therapist. She also worked at Grove’s Dictionary and, in the late 1980s, she founded and edited the Viking/Penguin Opera Guides. Since translating the libretto of Don Giovanni for Jonathan Miller in 1985, Amanda … Continued
Àlex Ollé (Barcelona 1960) is one of the 6 artistic directors of La Fura dels Baus, one of the more innovative and prestigious theatre companies of the Spanish Cultural Scene. It was founded in 1979 and distinguished from the beginning for the search of its own language in which the participation of the audience is … Continued
Born in Barcelona, since making his professional debut both as a director and set designer with the GAT Company which he helped establish, his productions in both theatre and opera have been seen in major theatres around the world, including Catalunya’s National Theatre, Athen’s Megaron, La Scala in Milan, ENO in London, Teatre Liceu in … Continued
Born in Tanzania to Australian parents, Tom Woods grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where he learnt cello and piano and studied conducting with Richard Gill at the West Australian Conservatorium. In 1989, he received a Department of Foreign Affairs scholarship to enable studies in Moscow under Maestro Vladimir Ponkin. Returning to Australia, Tom joined … Continued
Alexander Koppelmann is a Berlin based lighting designer, who started his career as a casual at the Berlin Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz while still working on his PhD in economics. He finally opted for drama theatre. From 1985 to 1998 he worked at the Schaubühne as a permanent, starting designing in 1989. Since 1992 he … Continued
Renato Palumbo made his professional debut just barely at the age of 18 with Verdi’s Il trovatore and today has established himself of one of the most important Verdi conductors of his generation. A recognised interpreter of a broad range of works spanning from Mozart and Rossini with a heavy focus on opera seria such … Continued