Jean-Claude Auvray is a French opera director. In 1973 he was appointed by
Rolf Libermann
Rolf Liebermann (14 September 1910 – 2 January 1999), was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was also Artistic Director of ...
to direct the
Paris Opera
The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be ...
in their productions of Puccini's ''
Tosca'' (Puccini) and Mozart's ''
Così fan tutte
(''All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers''), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte w ...
''. ''
Le Nozze di Figaro'' was acclaimed in 1974.
Among his 150 and more productions are ''
Tancredi'' (Rossini), ''
La Gioconda La Gioconda ( , ; "the joyful one" feminine_gender.html" ;"title="'feminine gender">f.'' may refer to:
* ''Mona Lisa'' or ''La Gioconda'', a painting by Leonardo da Vinci
* Lisa del Giocondo, the model depicted in da Vinci's painting
* La Gioconda ...
'' (Ponchielli), ''
Tristan und Isolde'' (Wagner), ''
Manon
''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was first ...
'' (Massenet), ''
Peter Grimes'' (Britten), ''
Fidelio'' (Beethoven), ''
Otello
''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887.
Th ...
'', ''
Aida'' (Verdi), ''
La bohème'' and ''
Gianni Schicchi'' (Puccini).
Between 1996 and 2006 he directed plays at the
Israeli Opera.
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French opera directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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