Nicolas Joel or Joël[1] (6 February 1953[2] â€" 18 June 2020)[3] was
a French opera director and administrator of opera houses. He was
general manager of the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse from 1990 to
2009 and of the Paris Opera from 2009 to 2014. He directed operas
internationally.Joel was born in Paris, where he studied. In 1973, he
was hired by the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg as assistant director
and remained until 1978.[4] In 1976, Patrice Chéreau brought him in
as an assistant for the production of the Jahrhundertring for the
centenary of the Bayreuth Festival.[4] In 1979, he began his own
directing career with a production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
for the Opéra du Rhin and the Opéra de Lyon.[4] In 1981, he directed
Samson et Dalila at the San Francisco Opera, with Shirley Verrett and
Plácido Domingo in the leading roles, and Verdi's Aida at the Lyric
Opera of Chicago, with Luciano Pavarotti.[4]He directed a second Ring
for the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden,[2] Aida at the Vienna
State Opera in 1984,[5] Verdi's Ernani and Wagner's Parsifal in San
Francisco, Wagner's Lohengrin in Copenhagen, Tchaikovsky's Eugene
Onegin, Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in
Amsterdam and Gothenburg, Verdi's Rigoletto, La traviata and La forza
del destino at the Opernhaus Zürich, Salomé by Richard Strauss in
Essen, and Mussorgski's Boris Godunov and Bellini's I Capuleti e i
Montecchi at the Theater Bremen.[6] He also directed Puccini's Tosca
in Lausanne for José van Dam's debut as Scarpia. In 1994, he made his
debut at La Scala in Milan with Puccini's La rondine. He staged
Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Royal Opera House in London, and
Bizet's Carmen at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.[6]
a French opera director and administrator of opera houses. He was
general manager of the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse from 1990 to
2009 and of the Paris Opera from 2009 to 2014. He directed operas
internationally.Joel was born in Paris, where he studied. In 1973, he
was hired by the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg as assistant director
and remained until 1978.[4] In 1976, Patrice Chéreau brought him in
as an assistant for the production of the Jahrhundertring for the
centenary of the Bayreuth Festival.[4] In 1979, he began his own
directing career with a production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
for the Opéra du Rhin and the Opéra de Lyon.[4] In 1981, he directed
Samson et Dalila at the San Francisco Opera, with Shirley Verrett and
Plácido Domingo in the leading roles, and Verdi's Aida at the Lyric
Opera of Chicago, with Luciano Pavarotti.[4]He directed a second Ring
for the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden,[2] Aida at the Vienna
State Opera in 1984,[5] Verdi's Ernani and Wagner's Parsifal in San
Francisco, Wagner's Lohengrin in Copenhagen, Tchaikovsky's Eugene
Onegin, Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in
Amsterdam and Gothenburg, Verdi's Rigoletto, La traviata and La forza
del destino at the Opernhaus Zürich, Salomé by Richard Strauss in
Essen, and Mussorgski's Boris Godunov and Bellini's I Capuleti e i
Montecchi at the Theater Bremen.[6] He also directed Puccini's Tosca
in Lausanne for José van Dam's debut as Scarpia. In 1994, he made his
debut at La Scala in Milan with Puccini's La rondine. He staged
Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Royal Opera House in London, and
Bizet's Carmen at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.[6]
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.