List of opera directors

This list of opera directors is a list of notable stage producers and directors who have worked, or are working, in the opera world.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

A–M

• Christopher Alden (born 1949)
• David Alden (born 1949)
• Neil Armfield (born 1955)
• Lucy Bailey (born 1962)
• Stephen Barlow (born 1969)
• Ruth Berghaus (1927–1996)
• Anthony Besch (1924–2002)
• Calixto Bieito (born 1963)
• Saskia Boddeke (born 1962)
• Luc Bondy (1948–2015)
• Tito Capobianco (1931–2018)
• Albert Carré (1852–1938)
• Robert Carsen (born 1954)
• Patrice Chéreau (1944–2013)
• Martha Clarke (born 1944)
• John Copley (born 1933)
• Frank Corsaro (1924–2017)
• John Cox (born 1935)
• Paul Curran (born 1964)
• Willy Decker (born 1950)
• John Dexter (1925–1990)
• Doris Dörrie (born 1955)
• Carl Ebert (1887–1980)
• Peter Ebert (1918–2012)
• Johannes Erath (born 1975)
• August Everding (1928–1999)
• Brigitte Fassbaender (born 1939)
• Walter Felsenstein (1901–1975)
• Jürgen Flimm (1941–2023)
• Götz Friedrich (1930–2000)
• John Fulljames (born 1976)
• Colin Graham (1931–2007)
• Robin Guarino (born 1960)
• Tatjana Gürbaca (born 1973)
• Peter Hall (1930–2018)
• Nicholas Heath (born 1959)
• Bohumil Herlischka (1919–2006)
• Jens-Daniel Herzog (born 1964)
• Werner Herzog (born 1942)
• Kasper Holten (born 1973)
• Richard Jones (born 1953)
• Václav Kašlík (1917–1989)
• Peter Kazaras (born 20th century)
• Jonathan Kent (born 1951)
• Peter Konwitschny (born 1945)
• Barrie Kosky (born 1967)
• Constantine Koukias (born 1965)
• Harry Kupfer (1935–2019)
• John La Bouchardière (born 1969)
• Mark Lamos (born 1946)
• Rhoda Levine (1932 or 1933–2026)
• Phyllida Lloyd (born 1957)
• Lotfi Mansouri (1929–2013)
• Ella Marchment (born 1992)
• Phelim McDermott (born 1963)
• David McVicar (born 1966)
• Friedrich Meyer-Oertel (born 1936)
• Dejan Miladinović (1948–2017)
• Jonathan Miller (1934–2019)
• Alexis Minotis (1899–1990)
• Mark Morris (born 1956)
• Elijah Moshinsky (1946–2021)

N–Z

• Francisco Negrin (born 1963)
• Hans Neuenfels (1941–2022)
• Moffatt Oxenbould (born 1943)
• Àlex Ollé (born 1960)
• Richard Pearlman (1938–2006)
• Laurent Pelly (born 1962)
• Pier Luigi Pizzi (born 1930)
• Boris Pokrovsky (1912–2009)
• Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932–1988)
• David Pountney (born 1947)
• Olivier Py (born 1965)
• Lamberto Puggelli (1938–2013)
• Max Reinhardt (1873–1943)
• Günther Rennert (1911–1978)
• Luca Ronconi (1933–2015)
• Vladimir Rosing (1890–1963)
• Peter Sellars (born 1957)
• Otto Schenk (1930–2025)
• Oscar Fritz Schuh (1904–1984)
• Daniel Slater (born 1966)
• Jacopo Spirei (born 1974)
• Giorgio Strehler (1921–1997)
• Olivier Tambosi (born 1963)
• Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986)
• Mihai Timofti (born 1948)
• Mariusz Treliński (born 1962)
• Graham Vick (1953–2021)
• Luchino Visconti (1906–1976)
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
• Wieland Wagner (1917–1966)
• Wolfgang Wagner (1919–2010)
• Margarete Wallmann (1904–1992)
• Krzysztof Warlikowski (born 1962)
• Deborah Warner (born 1959)
• Keith Warner (born 1956)
• Herbert Wernicke (1946–2002)
• Robert Wilson (born 1941)
• Luchino Visconti (1906–1976)
• Francesca Zambello (born 1956)
• Franco Zeffirelli (1923–2019)
• Tomer Zvulun (born 1976)

Sources

• Sadie, Stanley (ed.) (1998). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera . London: Macmillan. ISBN   0-333-73432-7 and ISBN   1-56159-228-5.
• Warrack, John; Ewan West (1992). The Oxford Dictionary of Opera . New York & London: Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-869164-5.