Aspiring directors from seven different countries contested the semi-final round of the 12th European Opera-directing Prize for a place in the final which will take place live in Copenhagen on 23 February 2022. The winner will be invited to stage Britten’s The Turn of the Screw for the Royal Danish Opera in September 2023.
The 5-member jury viewed detailed projects on 23 and 25 November from the following talented young directors:
Ana Grigorović – Serbia
Lorenzo Ponto – Italy
Andrea Tortosa – Spain
Olga Poliakova – Belarus
Ella Phoebe Marchment – Britain
Marialuisa Bafunno – Italy
Marie-Christine Lüling – Germany
Anthony Almeida – Britain
Victoria Stevens – South Africa
Andrea Ceriani – Italy
Anthony Almeida, Marialuisa Bafunno, Lorenzo Ponte and Victoria Stevens were selected as the four finalists.
The competition is supported by Camerata Nuova e. V, the philanthropic society led by Armin and Marja Kretschmar and based in Wiesbaden, in association with Opera Europa, which helps to identify the host theatre and assemble the representative jury, whose members this year are: Laura Berman, Intendantin Staatstheater Hannover, (chair)
Matthieu Dussouillez, Directeur-Général Opéra national de Lorraine Nancy
John Fulljames, Director Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen (host theatre)
Randi Stene, Director Norwegian National Opera Oslo
Katharina Thoma, stage director and former EOP prize-winner
The prize-winners of the 12th competition will be announced in Opera Europa’s next newsletter and online at https://eop-opera.com
