Olivier Py


Olivier Py is a French stage director, actor and writer.

Career

In 1997, Py became director of the Centre dramatique national d'Orléans. In 2007, he became director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris.
Py describes himself as Catholic and homosexual. He is known for his emphasis on Catholic and homoerotic themes.
Since the early 2000s, Py has increasingly devoted himself to the opera. His productions of La damnation de Faust, Tannhäuser and Tristan und Isolde, all in Geneva, have generally been well received. In March 2008, he debuted at the Paris Opéra. On this occasion he stated to a French magazine that he "would not be done staging operas until did Wagner's Ring and Parsifal".

Theatre

Works written and directed

  • 1988: Des oranges et des ongles
  • 1990: Gaspacho, un chien mort
  • 1991: La femme canon et le bouquet final
  • 1992: Les Aventures de Paco Goliard
  • 1992: La Nuit au cirque
  • 1992: La chèvre
  • 1994: La Jeune fille, le diable et le moulin
  • 1995: La Servante – histoire sans fin
  • 1996: Apologétique
  • 1997: Le Visage d'Orphée
  • 1998: Requiem pour Srebrenica
  • 1999: L'Eau de la vie
  • 2000: Le Cabaret de Miss Knife
  • 2000: L'apocalypse joyeuse
  • 2001: Au monde comme n'y étant pas
  • 2001: L'Exaltation du labyrinthe
  • 2001: Épître aux jeunes acteurs pour que soit rendue la parole à la parole
  • 2003: Jeunesse
  • 2004: Le Vase de parfums, opera libretto
  • 2004: Faust Nocturne
  • 2004: Miss Knife chante Olivier Py
  • 2005: Les Vainqueurs
  • 2006: Illusions Comiques
  • 2011: Romeo et Juliette, at Theatre de l'Odeon
  • 2011: Die Sonne , Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Published works

  • 1994: La Jeune fille, le diable et le moulin, L'école des loisirs
  • 1998: Théâtre, Solitaires Intempestifs
  • 2005: Les Vainqueurs, Actes Sud
  • 2007: ''Les Enfants de Saturne''

Other productions

Movies

Actor