Thomas Dear

La Traviata - Paris (2019)

For his opera Garnier stage-directing debut, Simon Stone creates a sensational La Traviata, 2.0! Pretty Yende and Benjamin Bernheim triumph as Violetta and Alfredo in a production that remixes the beloved operatic masterpiece's familiar love story for the ...

Les Troyens (2019)

Le Prophète - Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse (2017)

Meyerbeer is telling at once a small, intimate story – Fidès's, Jean, and Berthe's relationship – and an epic drama about tyranny, revolution, and religion; politics, mob violence, and fanaticism. ...

Mozart: The Magic Flute (2015)

Since it's premiere in a tiny suburban theatre in Vienna, Die Zauberflote has delighted audiences young and old for over 200 years. Mozart's Singspiel seamlessly alternates seriousness and jollity, and combines philosophical ideas with a fairytale world of ...