Paul Curran

Award-winning director Paul Curran is one of the most sought after stage directors of his generation. Recent and future engagements include Tristan und Isolde at San Francisco Opera, Il Trovatore at Teatro Regio Torino, Tosca with Canadian Opera Company, Carmen at Opera Philadelphia and Seattle Opera, My Fair Lady at Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, Der fliegende Holländer at Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Pique Dame at Grange Festival Opera and The Bartered Bride with Garsington Opera.

Past production highlights include La Donna del Lago (DVD) Metropolitan Opera, The Tsar’s Bride Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Tannhäuser Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Curran has worked with the most important opera companies all over the world and was Artistic Director of the Norwegian National Opera from 2007 to 2011. Other important past projects were Pastorale (world premiere) Staatstheater Stuttgart, Ariadne auf Naxos Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Der Fliegende Holländer, Bolshoi Theatre, Rusalka New National Theatre Tokyo, La Cenerentola Teatro Maestranza Seville, Tristan und Isolde Teatro La Fenice Venice and Peter Grimes Savonlinna Opera Festival. His production of Humperdinck’s Die Königskinder Teatro San Carlo won the Italian Critics’ Prize, Premio Abbiati. For Hamlet for the Clerkenwell Music Series, he worked with designer Vivienne Westwood. Other past productions include Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Trieste, Norwegian National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Royal Danish Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Washington Opera, Dallas Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Utah Opera, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon Ekaterinburg Opera, Göttingen Händel Festival, Brisbane Baroque Festival, Les Arts Valencia, Opera di Roma, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Covent Garden Festival and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at Disney Hall. Curran is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.