Katie Mitchell

Theodora (2023)

Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell's thrilling new production of Handel's Theodora in an alternative modern-day reality, Theodora, a religious fundamentalist, plots for the resistance against the Roman occupation. ...

Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence (2018)

Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Martin Crimp. BBC broadcast of the 2018 premiere at the Royal Opera House, the composer conducting, prefaced by commentary and interviews. ...

Unseen (2017)

A cleaner in a brand new apartment block begins to suspect one of the residents is a victim of domestic abuse. ...

Lucia di Lammermoor (2016)

Diana Damrau's reputation as the world's leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her sensitive musicianship and her acute psychological insight. In this DVD of Katie Mitchell's sometimes radical production of Lu ...

Pelléas et Mélisande - Aix-en-Provence (2016)

The ROH Live: Lucia di Lammermoor (2016)

Lucia's brother Enrico is horrified to learn she has fallen in love with his sworn enemy Edgardo. He hastily arranges her marriage to his associate Arturo. Edgardo and Lucia privately exchange rings before he leaves to fight in France. Enrico tricks Lucia ...

Handel: Alcina (2015)

Philippe Jaroussky as Ruggiero is in thrall to Patricia Petibon as the sorceress Alcina in Katie Mitchell's virtuosic production of Handel's opera from the 2015 Aix-en-Provence Festival, described by Bachtrack as "a night of a thousand delights". Conducted ...

Written On Skin (2013)

When Written on Skin had its premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, conducted by George Benjamin himself, it received a standing ovation. The opera's arrival at Covent Garden in 2013 was eagerly anticipated, and provided audiences with the opport ...

The Cat in the Hat: Live Show (2011)

The Turn of the Screw (2004)

The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed. ...

Rough for Theatre II (2000)

Two bureaucrats discuss the potential suicide of a man standing perfectly still in front of a door that opens into the night sky and a fatal drop. ...

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995)

D.H, Lawrence's early play about a married woman who wishes her husband dead after falling in love with another man comes to the screen in this adaptation starring Zoe Wannamaker and Colin Firth. When her wish becomes a horrifying reality, her life begins ...