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latest shows and newsshort biography and full CVdetails of all opera productionsdetails of all other stage productionsdetails of film projectsa random selection of photos and videoscommercially available dvdsarticles about francisco negrindownloadable info for press usecontact details and useful links |
Francisco Negrin is an award-winning stage director, based in Barcelona and working at major opera houses worldwide as well as in film, popular music and other media.
NEWS:Francisco is currently preparing the following productions: Verdi's Il Trovatore for the Sferisterio Festival in Macerata, opening July 2013 Handel's Alcina for The Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen, opening January 2014 Massenet's Thaïs for the opera in Bonn, opening May 2014 Mozart's Idomeneo for the opera in Essen, opening Nov 2014 Handel's Alcina for the opera in Oslo, opening February 2015
_______________________________________________________________ Dec 15 2012 saw the première of Negrin's innovative and spectacular new production of The Cunning Little Vixen By Janacek, in Copenhagen, at the new opera house. The show boasted groundbreaking designs by Es Devlin, sophisticated video art and projection mapping by Luke Halls, origami-like costumes by Carol Bailey, lighting by Bruno Poet and choreography by Ana Yepes.
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The DVD and Bluray editions of Francisco's Amsterdam production of I Puritani have been released by Opus Art and are available worldwide, including on Amazon.com.
_______________________________________________________________ Francisco's production of Werther, seen in San Francisco in 2010 opened in Chicago On November 10th 2012, Starring Matthew Polezani and Sophie Koch, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.
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Verdi's Macbeth, in the production by Francisco originally premiered at the Opera du Rhin in Strasbourg, opened on April 20 at the Opera in Monte Carlo with Maria Guleghina and Lado Ataneli in the main roles. It has again been incredibly well recieved.
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The second production Francisco has directed of Handel's Rinaldo opened at Chicago Lyric Opera, to rave reviews and standing ovations!
Click the following link to hear Francisco , Harry Bicket and some of the cast present the piece to Chicago audiences: Discovery Series Lecture -----------------------------------------------------
Francisco Negrin's previous production was the very successful revival of his L'Arbore di Diana from Barcelona, in Montpellier , in November. The DVD of L'Arbore di Diana has now been released by Dynamic, and is available worldwide. The show was recorded at the Liceo in Barcelona with the original cast.
(article in april 1011 issue of "Classica")
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