Oliver py biography
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Olivier Py
Stage director
Director of the famous Avignon Festival, he studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (Lyon) and at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique (Paris). Moreover, he studied theology. As a director, actor and writer he has worked for cinema, theatre and musikdrama. In 1998 he became director of the Centre dramatique national d’Orléans and from 2007 to 2011 he was director of the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe in Paris. With klar artistic views and a recognizable political dimension to his work, during the past twenty years he has been staging a wide operatic repertoire, in prestigious theatres worldwide such as Grand Théâtre dem Genève, Opéra de Lyon, Stanislavsky musikdrama Moscow, Opéra national dem Paris, Gran Teatre sektion Liceu (Barcelona), Bavarian State Opera (Munich), Cologne musikdrama, Opéra national du Rhin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, etc. In Greece, among others, he has directed Yannis Mavritsak
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Olivier Py Director
Author, director, actor and theatre manager Olivier Py was born in 1965. He studied at the Dramatic Art Conservatoire and obtained a degree in theology at the University. He founded his own company and staged his works. In 1995, he made an impact at the Avignon Festival with La Servante, histoire sans fin (The Maid, an endless story), a 24-hour theatre plays cycle. In 1997, he was appointed director of the Orléans Dramatic Centre. Ten years later, he was appointed director of the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe. There, he created L’Orestie, L’Eau de la vie, La Vraie Fiancée, Les Enfants de Saturne, Roméo et Juliette.
First stage director since Jean Vilar to be director of the Avignon Festival, in 2013, where he created, among other works, Orlando ou l’Impatience, King Lear, Ma jeunesse exaltée. Olivier Py staged many opera productions, including: The Tales of Hoffman, Tristan und Isolde,Tannhäuser, The Devil’s Trilogy,
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Olivier Py
French stage director, actor and writer (born 1965)
Olivier Py (French pronunciation:[pi]; born 24 July 1965 in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French stage director, actor and writer.
Career
[edit]In 1997, Py became director of the Centre dramatique national d'Orléans. In 2007, he became director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris.[1]
Py describes himself as Catholic and homosexual.[2] He is known for his emphasis on Catholic and homoerotic themes.
Since the early 2000s, Py has increasingly devoted himself to the opera. His productions of La damnation de Faust, Tannhäuser and Tristan und Isolde, all in Geneva, have generally been well received. In March 2008, he debuted at the Paris Opéra. On this occasion he stated to a French magazine (Diapason, March 2008) that he "would not be done staging operas until [he] did Wagner's Ring and Parsifal".[This quote needs a citation]