Vincent Boussard

Born in Angers, Boussard studied at the Paris Nanterre University and graduated as a Master of Theatre. He was the assistant to several directors in theatre and opera. From 1996 to 2000, he directed the Studio-Théâtre de la Comédie-Française in Paris, where he made his directorial debut in 1999. His operatic beginning is marked by close collaborations with William Christie, Teresa Berganza and Bernard Foccroulle, director of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels) who has regularly invited him. His productions have since been widely distributed in Europe, including Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Strasbourg Opera House, Liceu of Barcelona, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Hamburg State Opera. La Monnaie in Brussels, Theater an der Wien, Royal Swedish Opera, Semperoper in Dresden, Saint Gall Theater, Bayerische Staatsoper, Aalto Theatre, and the Opéra de Marseille. He has staged operas in Asia, such as New National Theatre Tokyo, and in the US, including the Brooklyn Academy of Music. == Staging ==

Theatre • 1998: Le Glossaire by Max Rouquette, Studio-Théâtre de la Comédie-Française. • 1999: Escurial, trois acteurs, un drame... after Michel de Ghelderode, Studio-Théâtre de la Comédie-Française. Opera • 2000: Charpentier: Actéon and Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, les Arts Florissants (cond. William Christie), Paris and New York • 2005: Le Jardin des Voix (2nd edition), Les Arts Florissants • 2005: Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto, Chapelle Reine Elisabeth, La Monnaie • 2006: Mozart: Così fan tutte, La Monnaie • 2006: Menotti: Maria Golovin, Opéra de Marseille • 2011: Bernstein: Candide, Staatsoper Berlin* 2016: Verdi: Otello, Salzburg Easter Festival • 2016: Wagner: Lohengrin (opera), Theater Sankt Gallen • 2017: Meyerbeer's Le Prophète, Aalto Theatre • 2017: Verdi: Otello, Staatsoper Dresden • 2017: Verdi: Un ballo in maschera, Liceu, Lisbon • 2017: Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Lithuanian National Opera • 2018: Bellini: I puritani, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège, and Oper Frankfurt Shows • 2002: Christophe, La Route des Mots, Olympia (Victoire de la Musique 2002) • 2004: Alain Bashung, La Tournée des grands espaces Bataclan == Videos and trailers ==

Shows • Excerpt from Alain Bashung's La Tournée des Grands Espaces at the Bataclan in 2004 (Label Barclay Records, genre chanson, 31 titles) • Les Mots Bleus by Christophe, excerpt from the Olympia 2002 concert, La Route des Mots (Label AZ, genre chanson, 25 titles) Opera • Excerpt from Cavalli's performance ofEliogabalo at the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie in Brussels in 2004] (dir. René Jacobs) • Excerpt from Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the San Francisco Opera in 2012] (dir. Riccardo Frizza, set design Vincent Lemaire, costumes Christian Lacroix, Lights Guido Levi) (cast Nicole Cabell (Giulietta), Joyce DiDonato (Romeo), Saimir Pirgu (Tebaldo), Eric Owens (Capellio), Ao Li (Lorenzo)) • Excerpt from Verdi's representation of La Traviata at the New National Theatre Tokyo in 2015 (dir. Yves Abel, set design Vincent Lemaire, costumes Vincent Boussard, lights Guido Levi) (cast Bernarda Bobro (Violetta Valery), Antonio Poli (Alfredo Germont), Alfredo Daza (Giorgio Germont), Makiko Yamashita (Flora Bervoix) • Excerpt from representation of Meyerbeer's The Prophet at the Aalto Theatre of Essen in 2017 (dir. Giuliano Carella], set design, Vincent Lemaire, costumes, Vincent Boussard, Elisabeth de Sauverzac) (cast: John Osborn (Jean de Leyde), Marianne Cornetti (Fidès), Lynette Tapia (Berthe), Martin Ludvik (le comte d’Oberthal), Tijl Faveyts (Zacharie), Pierre Doyen (Mathisen), Albrecht Kludszuweit (Jonas)) == References ==