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| Joel was born in Paris, where he studied. In 1973, he was hired by the ] in Strasbourg as assistant director and remained until 1978.<ref name="France Today" /> In 1976, ] brought him in as assistant for the production of the '']'' for the centenary of the ].<ref name="France Today" /><!--He served at the ], and the ].--> In 1979, he began his own directing career with a production of Wagner's '']'' for the Opéra du Rhin and the ].<ref name="France Today" /> In 1981, he directed '']'' at the ], with ] and ] in the leading roles, and Verdi's '']'' at the ], with ]<!--and Toronto-->.<ref name="France Today" /> | Joel was born in Paris, where he studied. In 1973, he was hired by the ] in Strasbourg as assistant director and remained until 1978.<ref name="France Today" /> In 1976, ] brought him in as an assistant for the production of the '']'' for the centenary of the ].<ref name="France Today" /><!--He served at the ], and the ].--> In 1979, he began his own directing career with a production of Wagner's '']'' for the Opéra du Rhin and the ].<ref name="France Today" /> In 1981, he directed '']'' at the ], with ] and ] in the leading roles, and Verdi's '']'' at the ], with ]<!--and Toronto-->.<ref name="France Today" /> | ||
| He directed a second ''Ring'' for the ],<ref name="Tagesspiegel" /> ''Aida'' at the ] in 1984,<ref name="Vienna" /><!-- Poulenc's '']'',--> Verdi's '']'' and Wagner's '']'' in San Francisco, Wagner's '']'' in Copenhagen, Tchaikovsky's '']'', Mascagni's '']'' and Leoncavallo's '']'' in Amsterdam and Gothenburg, Verdi's '']'', '']'' and '']'' at the ], '']'' by Richard Strauss in ], and Mussorgski's '']'' and Bellini's '']'' at the ]<!--, and Offenbach's '']'' in Lausanne-->.<ref name="Stage Door" /> He also directed Puccini's '']'' in Lausanne for ]'s debut as Scarpia. In 1994, he made his debut at ] in Milan with Puccini's '']''. He staged Gounod's '']'' at the ] in London, and Bizet's '']'' at the ] in Buenos Aires.<ref name="Stage Door" /> | He directed a second ''Ring'' for the ],<ref name="Tagesspiegel" /> ''Aida'' at the ] in 1984,<ref name="Vienna" /><!-- Poulenc's '']'',--> Verdi's '']'' and Wagner's '']'' in San Francisco, Wagner's '']'' in Copenhagen, Tchaikovsky's '']'', Mascagni's '']'' and Leoncavallo's '']'' in Amsterdam and Gothenburg, Verdi's '']'', '']'' and '']'' at the ], '']'' by Richard Strauss in ], and Mussorgski's '']'' and Bellini's '']'' at the ]<!--, and Offenbach's '']'' in Lausanne-->.<ref name="Stage Door" /> He also directed Puccini's '']'' in Lausanne for ]'s debut as Scarpia. In 1994, he made his debut at ] in Milan with Puccini's '']''. He staged Gounod's '']'' at the ] in London, and Bizet's '']'' at the ] in Buenos Aires.<ref name="Stage Door" /> | ||
| <!--In 1995, he staged ''Faust'' in San Francisco. -->Joel made his debut at the ] |
<!--In 1995, he staged ''Faust'' in San Francisco. -->Joel made his debut at the ] in New York in 1996 with Giordano's '']'', again with Pavarotti.<ref name="France Today" /><ref name="Met" /> In 1998, <!--Joel was active at the ] for '']'', at the ] of Madrid for '']'',--> he directed ''Aida'' for the reopening of the ] of Palermo,<ref name="Stage Door" /> and he staged '']'' at the Metropolitan Opera.<ref name="Met" /> In 1999, he directed a new production of Massenet's '']'' at La Scala.<ref name="Stage Door" /><!-- He also directed Massenet's '']'' and ''Samson et Dalila'' in Los Angeles, ''Roméo et Juliette'' in Chicago and ] in London, and ''Manon'' at the Teatro Real of Madrid (2000). In 2002, he presented a new production of ''La rondine'' at Covent Garden.--> | ||
| In France, he directed Puccini's '']'' and Massenet's '']'' in Nancy,<ref name="Stage Door" /> Ponchielli's '']'' and Verdi's '']'' at the ], Debussy's '']'' and Purcell's '']'' with ] at the Paris Opera, Gounod's ''Faust'' and the world premiere of ]'s ''Montségur'' in Toulouse, ''Andrea Chénier'' at the ] and the ]. At the Paris Opera, he staged a new production of ''Un Bal masqué à Paris'' in 1992. He directed Wagner's '']'' in Nice in 1994.<ref name="Stage Door" /> | In France, he directed Puccini's '']'' and Massenet's '']'' in Nancy,<ref name="Stage Door" /> Ponchielli's '']'' and Verdi's '']'' at the ], Debussy's '']'' and Purcell's '']'' with ] at the Paris Opera, Gounod's ''Faust'' and the world premiere of ]'s ''Montségur'' in Toulouse, and ''Andrea Chénier'' at the ] and the ]. At the Paris Opera, he staged a new production of ''Un Bal masqué à Paris'' in 1992. He directed Wagner's '']'' in Nice in 1994.<ref name="Stage Door" /> | ||
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| In 1987, Joel was invited by the ] for Wagner's '']'', and returned for Verdi's '']'' (1989 and 1994), ''Faust'' (1990), Verdi's '']'' (1991 and 2001), Bizet's '']'' (1998), ''Roméo et Juliette'' (2002), Verdi's '']'' (2003) and Puccini's '']'' (2005).--> | In 1987, Joel was invited by the ] for Wagner's '']'', and returned for Verdi's '']'' (1989 and 1994), ''Faust'' (1990), Verdi's '']'' (1991 and 2001), Bizet's '']'' (1998), ''Roméo et Juliette'' (2002), Verdi's '']'' (2003) and Puccini's '']'' (2005).--> | ||
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| From 2009, Joel was director of the ], succeeding ].<ref name="Israel" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020900616&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|title=Décret du 24 juillet 2009 portant nomination d'un directeur de l'Opéra national de Paris - M. JOEL (Nicolas).|publisher=|access-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204005850/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020900616&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|archive-date=2018-12-04|dead-url=no}}</ref> | From 2009, Joel was director of the ], succeeding ].<ref name="Israel" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020900616&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|title=Décret du 24 juillet 2009 portant nomination d'un directeur de l'Opéra national de Paris - M. JOEL (Nicolas).|publisher=|access-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204005850/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020900616&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|archive-date=2018-12-04|dead-url=no}}</ref> | ||
| In 2011, the institution recorded an attendance |
In 2011, the institution recorded an attendance of nearly 800,000,<ref name="Les Echos">{{cite web|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/28/06/2012/LesEchos/21215-114-ECH_l-opera-de-paris-lance-l-exploitation-commerciale-de-sa-marque.htm|title=L'Opéra de Paris lance l'exploitation commerciale de sa marque|website=lesechos.fr|access-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204010044/https://www.lesechos.fr/28/06/2012/LesEchos/21215-114-ECH_l-opera-de-paris-lance-l-exploitation-commerciale-de-sa-marque.htm|archive-date=2018-12-04|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref> .</ref> 94.1% and 1.7% higher than in 2010. While standard repertoire was performed, contemporary opera appeared in ]'s opera ''{{ill|Akhmatova (opera)|fr|Akhmatova (opéra)|lt=Akhmatova}}'',<ref>{{cite news | last = Thanh | first = Philippe | url = https://www.lalettredumusicien.fr/articles/articles.php?idarticle=818 | title = “Akhmatova” by Bruno Mantovani at the Paris Opera | website = lalettredumusicien.fr | date = 11 April 2011 | accessdate = 30 July 2019}}</ref> {{ill|Jean-Guillaume Bart|fr}}'s ballet ''La Source'',<ref>{{cite news | last = Jouvancourt | first = Christophe de | url = http://kulturkompasset.no/la-source-by-jean-guillaume-bart/ | title = Myths and Legends Open Paris Ballet | website = kulturkompasset.no | date = 10 August 2011 | accessdate = 30 July 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190730191855/http://kulturkompasset.no/la-source-by-jean-guillaume-bart/ | archive-date = 30 July 2019 | dead-url = no }}</ref> ]'s ballet ''Psyché'', which was also shown in New York City,<ref>{{cite news | last = Sulcas | first = Roslyn | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/arts/dance/paris-opera-ballets-phedre-and-psyche-review.html | title = Myths and Legends Open Paris Ballet | work = ] | date = 26 September 2011 | accessdate = 30 July 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190730191209/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/arts/dance/paris-opera-ballets-phedre-and-psyche-review.html | archive-date = 30 July 2019 | dead-url = no }}</ref> and ]'s ballet ''L'Anatomie de la sensation''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://waynemcgregor.com/productions/lanatomie-de-la-sensation-pour-francis-bacon|title=L'Anatomie de la Sensation (Pour Francis Bacon) / 2011|website=waynemcgregor.com|language=fr|accessdate=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007033744/http://waynemcgregor.com/productions/lanatomie-de-la-sensation-pour-francis-bacon|archive-date=7 October 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> | ||
| In October 2012, Joel announced that he would not stand for another term, after learning of the Opera's budgetary planning for the coming years. In September 2013, he tendered his resignation, one year early, effective August 2014. He was succeeded by ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204005609/http://www.lefigaro.fr/theatre/2013/09/10/03003-20130910ARTFIG00573-opera-de-paris-nicolas-joel-jette-l-eponge.php |date=2018-12-04 }}, '']'', 10 September 2013.</ref> | In October 2012, Joel announced that he would not stand for another term, after learning of the Opera's budgetary planning for the coming years. In September 2013, he tendered his resignation, one year early, effective August 2014. He was succeeded by ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204005609/http://www.lefigaro.fr/theatre/2013/09/10/03003-20130910ARTFIG00573-opera-de-paris-nicolas-joel-jette-l-eponge.php |date=2018-12-04 }}, '']'', 10 September 2013.</ref> | ||
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French opera director (b. 1953)| Nicolas Joel | |
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| Born | (1953-02-06) 6 February 1953 (age 71) Paris, France |
| Other names | Nicolas Joël |
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Nicolas Joel, or Joël, (born 6 February 1953) is a French opera director and administrator of opera houses. He was general manager of the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse from 1990 to 2009 and of the Paris Opera from 2009 to 2014. He directed operas internationally.
Career
Joel was born in Paris, where he studied. In 1973, he was hired by the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg as assistant director and remained until 1978. In 1976, Patrice Chéreau brought him in as an assistant for the production of the Jahrhundertring for the centenary of the Bayreuth Festival. In 1979, he began his own directing career with a production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen for the Opéra du Rhin and the Opéra de Lyon. In 1981, he directed Samson et Dalila at the San Francisco Opera, with Shirley Verrett and Plácido Domingo in the leading roles, and Verdi's Aida at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, with Luciano Pavarotti.
He directed a second Ring for the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Aida at the Vienna State Opera in 1984, Verdi's Ernani and Wagner's Parsifal in San Francisco, Wagner's Lohengrin in Copenhagen, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in Amsterdam and Gothenburg, Verdi's Rigoletto, La traviata and La forza del destino at the Opernhaus Zürich, Salomé by Richard Strauss in Essen, and Mussorgski's Boris Godunov and Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Theater Bremen. He also directed Puccini's Tosca in Lausanne for José van Dam's debut as Scarpia. In 1994, he made his debut at La Scala in Milan with Puccini's La rondine. He staged Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Royal Opera House in London, and Bizet's Carmen at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
Joel made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1996 with Giordano's Andrea Chénier, again with Pavarotti. In 1998, he directed Aida for the reopening of the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, and he staged Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera. In 1999, he directed a new production of Massenet's Manon at La Scala.
In France, he directed Puccini's Turandot and Massenet's Thaïs in Nancy, Ponchielli's La Gioconda and Verdi's Les Vêpres siciliennes at the Opéra national de Montpellier, Debussy's La Damoiselle élue and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Jessye Norman at the Paris Opera, Gounod's Faust and the world premiere of Marcel Landowski's Montségur in Toulouse, and Andrea Chénier at the Opéra du Rhin and the Opéra de Lyon. At the Paris Opera, he staged a new production of Un Bal masqué à Paris in 1992. He directed Wagner's Parsifal in Nice in 1994.
From 1990 to 2009, Joel was artistic director of the Capitole de Toulouse. For the reopening of the Théâtre du Capitole in 1996, he presented Charpentier's Louise and Massenet's Werther. Among his productions in Toulouse were Wagner's Ring, Boris Godunov, Louise and Hamlet. He reopened the Théâtre du Capitole, after the renovation of the stage cage, in October 2004, with a new production of Janáček's Jenůfa.
He staged Daphne by Richard Strauss at the Vienna State Opera in 2004, Puccini's La rondine at the Metropolitan Opera in 2008, and Faust at the Vienna State Opera the same year.
Paris Opera
From 2009, Joel was director of the Paris Opera, succeeding Gerard Mortier.
In 2011, the institution recorded an attendance of nearly 800,000, 94.1% and 1.7% higher than in 2010. While standard repertoire was performed, contemporary opera appeared in Bruno Mantovani's opera Akhmatova [fr], Jean-Guillaume Bart [fr]'s ballet La Source, Alexei Ratmansky's ballet Psyché, which was also shown in New York City, and Wayne McGregor's ballet L'Anatomie de la sensation.
In October 2012, Joel announced that he would not stand for another term, after learning of the Opera's budgetary planning for the coming years. In September 2013, he tendered his resignation, one year early, effective August 2014. He was succeeded by Stéphane Lissner.
Family
Joel is the brother of conductor Emmanuel Joel-Hornak.
Awards
Joel has twice received the Drama and Music Critics Award for his lyrical productions, as well as a Victoire de la Musique in 1996, in the category "Best Lyrical Production" for Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites.
Joel has been a chevalier (knight) of the Legion of Honour since 2004 and became an officer in 2014.
Bibliography
- Bertrand Dermoncourt; Jérémy Rousseau (2014). "Nicolas Joel ou les bonheurs manqués". Classica (in French). No. 164. pp. 56–65. ISSN 1287-4329.
References
- ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2014 portant promotion et nomination" (in French). Legion of Honour. 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Nicolas Joel neuer Pariser Opernchef" (in German). Der Tagesspiegel. 1 December 2006. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "An Interview with Nicolas Joel of the Paris Opera". France Today. 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Vorstellungen mit Nicolas Joël" (in German). Vienna State Opera. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Nicolas Joel". stagedoor.it. 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Name Search For: Joël, Nicolas (Production)". Metropolitan Opera. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Joel Nicolas, director". Israeli Opera. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Marty, Laurent (11 October 2004). "Leoš Janácek, Jenufa". resmusica.com (in French). Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Baranello, Micaela (4 January 2013). "Puccini's Crossover Dalliance". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - "Décret du 24 juillet 2009 portant nomination d'un directeur de l'Opéra national de Paris - M. JOEL (Nicolas)". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - "L'Opéra de Paris lance l'exploitation commerciale de sa marque". lesechos.fr. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Tribune de Nicolas Joel sur Le Monde.
- Thanh, Philippe (11 April 2011). ""Akhmatova" by Bruno Mantovani at the Paris Opera". lalettredumusicien.fr. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- Jouvancourt, Christophe de (10 August 2011). "Myths and Legends Open Paris Ballet". kulturkompasset.no. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Sulcas, Roslyn (26 September 2011). "Myths and Legends Open Paris Ballet". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - "L'Anatomie de la Sensation (Pour Francis Bacon) / 2011". waynemcgregor.com (in French). Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Opéra de Paris : Nicolas Joel jette l'éponge Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Le Figaro, 10 September 2013.
- Emmanuel Joel-Hornak ForumOpera
- Nicolas Joel (in French) Opera Theatre d'Avignon, 2007, p. 9
External links
- Nicolas Joel at IMDb
- Nicolas Joel discography at Discogs
- José M. Irurzun: Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmelites: Soloists, Orchestre National du Capitole. Choeur du Capitole. Conductor: Patrick Davin. Halle aux Grains de Toulouse. 27.11.2009 (JMI) musicweb-international.com 2009
- Ezra Schabas, Carl Morey: Opera Viva: The Canadian Opera Company The First Fifty Years https://books.google.de/books?id=GLHmtnSvFbIC&pg
| Preceded byGérard Mortier | Director of the Paris Opera 2009-2014 |
Succeeded byStéphane Lissner |
