Richard Jones (director)

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Richard Jones (born 7 June 1953) is a British freelance opera and theatre director.

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[edit] Early life

Jones was born in London, and studied at the University of Hull and London. After working as a jazz musician, he spent 1982-83 on a bursary working with Scottish Opera and the Citizens Theatre.

[edit] Career in opera

Jones's earliest productions were for the Batignano Festival, Opera Northern Ireland and Opera 80. He came to prominence in 1987 with the world première of Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera for Kent Opera and a production of Mignon at the [[Wexford Festival Opera|Wexford Festival]. He has now directed at more than 25 Opera Houses worldwide, including English National Opera , Welsh National Opera, Royal Opera House,Glyndebourne,Brussels La Monnaie, Amsterdam, Munich Bavarian State Opera and Paris Opera. He received Opernwelt Production of the Year for Julius Caesar (1994) and Olivier Awards for Hansel and Gretel at WNO, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for Royal Opera House and The Trojans for English National Opera. In 2000 Richard was awarded Designer of the Year with Antony McDonald for Un ballo in maschera in Germany. He was nominated for a South Bank Show award for his production of The Queen of Spades at WNO and for an Olivier Award for Pelleas and Melisande at ENO. He was awarded the Barclays/TMA Award 2001 for The Queen of Spades at WNO and again in 2006 for Wozzeck at WNO.

[edit] Selected opera productions

[edit] Selected non-operatic productions

[edit] References

  • Warrack, John, and Ewan West (1992). The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-869164-5. 
  • Who's Who in British Opera ed. Nicky Adam (Scolar Press, 1993) ISBN 0 859 67 894 6

[edit] External links

Interview with Jones at the National Theatre

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