Director

Paul Curran

Biography

Award-winning Scottish director Paul Curran graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1992. From 2007 to 2012 he was artistic director of Norwegian National Opera in Oslo. Among his productions are Rossini’s La donna del lago (Metropolitan Opera, New York); Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride (The Royal Opera, London); Dvořák’s Rusalka (Norwegian National Opera, New National Theatre, Tokyo); Wagner’s Tannhäuser (La Scala, Milan); Britten’s Peter Grimes (Kennedy Center, Washington DC, Oslo, Santa Fe, Savonlinna Opera Festival); Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (Teatro La Fenice, Venice, BBC Symphony Orchestra); Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Ekaterinburg); Puccini’s Tosca (Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Canadian Opera Company, Norwegian National Opera); Verdi’s La traviata (Bucharest, Opera Philadelphia); Bizet’s Carmen (Opera Philadelphia, Seattle Opera); Verdi’s Il trovatore (Bologna, Tokyo, Turin); Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Central City Opera, Pittsburgh). His other productions include RimskyKorsakov’s The Golden Cockerel (Santa Fe Opera, The Dallas Opera); My Fair Lady (Teatro di San Carlo), Britten’s Death in Venice (Garsington Opera); Strauss’s Daphne (Teatro La Fenice); Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos (Vlaamse Opera, Teatro La Fenice); Massenet’s Chérubin (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari); and Mark Adamo’s Becoming Santa Claus (The Dallas Opera, world premiere). His awards include Premio Abbiati (Italy) for Humperdinck’s Königskinder (Teatro di San Carlo) and Helpmann Award (Australia) for Handel’s Faramondo (Brisbane Baroque Festival). He was nominated Director of the Year in the 2021 International Opera Awards.

February 2022