Franck Evin

Lightning in La Forza del Destino

Biography

Education
Subsidy from the French Ministry ofCulture, 1983
 
Career
Artistic director lighting department (Opernhaus Zürich), 2012-now
Artistic director lighting department (Komische Oper Berlin), 1995-2012
Lighting in Opera Oslo, Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Opera of Stockholm, Opera of Tokyo, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra national de Paris, Scala Milan
 
Highlights
Lohengrin (staging: Hans Neuenfels, Bayreuther Festspiele); Tannhäuser (staging: Sebastian Baumgarten; Bayreuther Festspiele), 2011
 
Prizes
German theater prize ‘Opus’ for lighting design Così fan tutte, 2006
 
Recent and future productions
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Vlaamse Opera); La Forza del Destino (Vlaamse Opera); Nabucco (Vlaamse Opera)
 
www.franckevin.de

Last update on 07 January 2013

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15/12/13 - 19/01/14

Der Rosenkavalier

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In 18 th -century Vienna, the Marschallin, a mature but attractive princess, arranges a marriage between her skirt-chasing nephew Baron Ochs and the beautiful Sophie. The Marschallin’s young lover Octavian sets out as the Rosenkavalier: he...
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Director: Christoph Waltz

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Oppressed by an impotent, rich spouse and an authoritarian father-in-law, Katerina Ismailova chooses to embark on a passionate love affair. Because of her hopeless situation, she seeks liberation in the arms of her attractive lover Sergei. When Sergei turns...
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Director: Calixto Bieito

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