French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer Patrice Chéreau ( 2 November 1944 – 7 October 2013) passed away today.
The greatest of the past 50 years.
His influence on opera productions around the world was increasingly visible ever since that milestone production of the Ring (Bayreuth, 1976-1983), having substantial impact on concepts of other directors and designers like me who had chosen to follow the path of the so-called “Regietheater”, which may involve the transposition of the stage action into a different historical context by means of anachronistic or abstract costumes and set designs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Chéreau
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