«I wanted to emphasize the surreal aspect of Betrothal in a Monastery. It’s a comic opera that tells of the protagonist’s journey into a fantasy world; and we try to make it all the more effective by changing the spatial dimensions, playing with transforming costumes and identities, and by creating visions that bring the story to an imaginative level». This is how Damiano Michieletto describes his new production of Sergej Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery, running at the MusikTheater an der Wien, in the capital of Austria, from Wednesday 26 March until 9 April.
«A tragedy linked to man’s immaturity, to Don José’s inability to accept his own reality, eventually leading him to a tragic act, emblematic of his persistent infantilism». This is how stage director Damiano Michieletto describes his new production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, on stage at the Royal Opera House in London from 5 April 2024.
During the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House, Damiano Michieletto will be directing a new production of Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann). After staging Cavalleria Rusticanaand Pagliacci in
«It’s a civil war, where people are not ready for violence, where death is cruel because it steps into the everyday life, into families, among children. I don’t want to
«A lonely and somewhat clumsy man, who can’t do one thing right». This is how Damiano Michieletto describes the lead character of Georg Friedrich Händel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, the opera
«It’s a journey into the discovery of love, or better, the rediscovery of love. A love giving us new eyes, and a new vision of our beloved one». This is how
A new production of Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), staged by Damiano Michieletto, is about to open in Vilnius. Initially scheduled for the Spring of 2020 at the
A new production of Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), staged by Damiano Michieletto, is about to open in Vilnius. Initially scheduled for the Spring of 2020 at the
Four concerts for four retirement homes of Treviso on Saturday the 13th of June: this is the idea of the Venetian stage director Damiano Michieletto to give a moment of
Following Puccini’s La Bohème in 2012, Verdi’s Falstaff in 2013 and Rossini’s Cenerentola in 2014, Damiano Michieletto returns on the 7th and 9th of June to the Salzburg Pentecost Festival with anew production
