Robert Carsen

Canadian director Robert Carsen last appeared with the COC for Mario and the Magician in 1992. He trained as an actor in Toronto and the U.K., and his work has led to many acclaimed international theatre and opera productions. Select operatic credits include: Dialogues des Carmélites at La Scala; Eugene Onegin and Mefistofele at the Met; Der Rosenkavalier at Salzburg Festival; La Traviata for the reopening of La Fenice; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Die Zauberflöte, Semele for Festival d’Aix en Provence; Ariadne auf Naxos in Munich; Tannhäuser, Capriccio, Les Boréades, Rusalka, Alcina and Les contes d’Hoffmann for Opéra national de Paris; Die Frau ohne Schatten for Vienna State Opera; Fidelio and Carmen for De Nederlandse Opera; Der Ring des Nibelungen for Cologne Opera; Il Trovatore at the Bregenz Festival; a Puccini cycle for the Flemish Opera; and, Mitridate in Brussels. He was recently artistic director and designer for two exhibitions in Paris: Marie Antoinette at the Grand Palais and Charles Garnier at the École des Beaux Arts. Future plans include Rinaldo for Glyndebourne Festival, The Turn of the Screw (director/designer) in Vienna, and Don Giovanni to open the 2011/2012 season at La Scala.

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