François De Carpentries

The French director François De Carpentries studied piano, oboe, literature and theater in Brussels. He is also playwright and songwriter. He was stage director and light designer for the opera of Brussels, Oslo, Toronto, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nancy, Nice, Tours, Limoges, Rouen, Rennes, Metz, Reims, Krefeld, Würzburg, Mönchengladbach, Nürnberg, Wuppertal, Koblenz, Coburg, Hof, Innsbruck: 56 new productions till now and 47 revivals. First specialized in the "buffa" genre with La Cenerentola, Barbiere di Siviglia, Pietra del Paragone, Torvaldo e Dorliska, Don Pasquale, Viva la Mamma, Lo Frate 'nnammorato, La Stellidaura Vendicante, Prodanà Nevêsta, Orphée aux Enfers, La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, Die Fledermaus, Nacht in Venedig, Lustige Witwe and the "dramma giocoso" of Mozart: Così Fan Tut