English National Opera
In 2008 Kramer directed his first opera, Harrison Birtwistle's "Punch &amp; Judy" for the English National Opera at the Young Vic which subsequently played the Grand Théâtre de Genève. His popular but controversial "Bluebeard's Castle" for the English National Opera was conducted by Valery Gergiev for the Mariinsky Theatre and Bolshoi Theatre. Kramer and Gergiev subsequently collaborated on "Pelleas and Melisande".