English director, he studied drama at Exeter University. Particularly noted for his work in the field of opera, he has directed at the Chicago Lyric Opera, Royal Swedish Opera (Stockholm), Tokyo Opera City, Den Norske Opera Oslo, Rome Opera, Vienna Volksoper, Salzburg and Bregenz Festivals, and at the operas of Bordeaux, Lisbon, Malmö and Angers-Nantes. A strong advocate of contemporary music, he has directed several world premieres for companies including the ROH (Covent Garden), Aldeburgh Festival, Nationale Reisopera, Glyndebourne. He was artistic director of Göteborg Opera (2013-2018), where he directed Le nozze di Figaro, Thomas’ Hamlet and Elektra as well as Der Ring des Nibelungen. Recent productions include Parsifal (ROH), Theodora (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris), Tristan und Isolde (Hannover State Opera). He also directs in unusual settings such as high security prisons and organises educational workshops around the world. Since 2019 he has been Artistic Director of Glyndebourne. At the Greek National Opera he has directed the operas The Possessed by Charis Vrontos, Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice as well as Carmen. // Last update of the biography: February 2023.