# List of opera directors

This list of opera directors is a list of notable stage producers and directors who have worked, or are working, in the opera world.
* Christopher Alden (born 1949)
* David Alden (born 1949)
* Neil Armfield (born 1955)
* Lucy Bailey (born 1962)
* Stephen Barlow (born 1969)
* Ruth Berghaus (1927–1996)
* Anthony Besch (1924–2002)
* Calixto Bieito (born 1963)
* Saskia Boddeke (born 1962)
* Luc Bondy (1948–2015)
* Tito Capobianco (1931–2018)
* Albert Carré (1852–1938)
* Robert Carsen (born 1954)
* Patrice Chéreau (1944–2013)
* Martha Clarke (born 1944)
* John Copley (born 1933)
* Frank Corsaro (1924–2017)
* John Cox (born 1935)
* Paul Curran (born 1964)
* Willy Decker (born 1950)
* John Dexter (1925–1990)
* Doris Dörrie (born 1955)
* Carl Ebert (1887–1980)
* Peter Ebert (1918–2012)
* Johannes Erath (born 1975)
* August Everding (1928–1999)
* Brigitte Fassbaender (born 1939)
* Walter Felsenstein (1901–1975)
* Jürgen Flimm (1941–2023)
* Götz Friedrich (1930–2000)
* John Fulljames (born 1976)
* Colin Graham (1931–2007)
* Robin Guarino (born 1960)
* Tatjana Gürbaca (born 1973)
* Peter Hall (1930–2018)
* Nicholas Heath (born 1959)
* Bohumil Herlischka (1919–2006)
* Jens-Daniel Herzog (born 1964)
* Werner Herzog (born 1942)
* Kasper Holten (born 1973)
* Richard Jones (born 1953)
* Václav Kašlík (1917–1989)
* Peter Kazaras
* Jonathan Kent (born 1951)
* Peter Konwitschny (born 1945)
* Barrie Kosky (born 1967)
* Constantine Koukias (born 1965)
* Harry Kupfer (1935–2019)
* John La Bouchardière (born 1969)
* Mark Lamos (born 1946)
* Rhoda Levine (born 20th century)
* Phyllida Lloyd (born 1957)
* Lotfi Mansouri (1929–2013)
* Ella Marchment (born 1992)
* Phelim McDermott (born 1963)
* David McVicar (born 1966)
* Friedrich Meyer-Oertel (born 1936)
* Dejan Miladinović (1948–2017)
* Jonathan Miller (1934–2019)
* Alexis Minotis (1899–1990)
* Mark Morris (born 1956)
* Elijah Moshinsky (1946–2021)
* Francisco Negrin (born 1963)
* Hans Neuenfels (1941–2022)
* Moffatt Oxenbould (born 1943)
* Àlex Ollé (born 1960)
* Richard Pearlman (1938–2006)
* Laurent Pelly (born 1962)
* Pier Luigi Pizzi (born 1930)
* Boris Pokrovsky (1912–2009)
* Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932–1988)
* David Pountney (born 1947)
* Olivier Py (born 1965)
* Lamberto Puggelli (1938–2013)
* Max Reinhardt (1873–1943)
* Günther Rennert (1911–1978)
* Rocc (born 1979)
* Luca Ronconi (1933–2015)
* Vladimir Rosing (1890–1963)
* Peter Sellars (born 1957)
* Otto Schenk (1930–2025)
* Oscar Fritz Schuh (1904–1984)
* Daniel Slater (born 1966)
* Jacopo Spirei (born 1974)
* Giorgio Strehler (1921–1997)
* Olivier Tambosi (born 1963)
* Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986)
* Mihai Timofti (born 1948)
* Mariusz Treliński (born 1962)
* Graham Vick (1953–2021)
* Luchino Visconti (1906–1976)
* Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
* Wieland Wagner (1917–1966)
* Wolfgang Wagner (1919–2010)
* Margarete Wallmann (1904–1992)
* Krzysztof Warlikowski (born 1962)
* Deborah Warner (born 1959)
* Keith Warner (born 1956)
* Herbert Wernicke (1946–2002)
* Robert Wilson (born 1941)
* Luchino Visconti (1906-1976)
* Francesca Zambello (born 1956)
* Franco Zeffirelli (1923–2019)
* Tomer Zvulun (born 1976)

## Sources

* Sadie Stanley (ed.) (1998), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-73432-7 and ISBN 1-56159-228-5
* Warrack, John; Ewan West (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. New York & London: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-869164-5
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