Born in London and educated in West Germany‚ Olivia Fuchs went on to study at Westfield College‚ University of London and Berkley University‚ California before completing the Postgraduate Acting course at the Drama Studio‚ London.
Most recent and future productions include Der Rosenkavalier in Magdeburg‚ Madama Butterfly in Magdeburg and Oviedo‚ Il Trovatore in Aarhus‚ Die Zauberflöte in Oviedo‚ Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Holland Park‚ Hansel und Gretel at Garsington‚ Pélleas et Mélisande at Teatro Colón‚ Buenos Aires‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Royal Scottish Conservatoire and an Opera Gala for Royal Bergen National Opera.
Recent projects include A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Royal Opera House‚ Covent Garden in the Linbury Theatre‚ The Marriage of Figaro at English National Opera‚ Rigoletto with the Danish National Opera‚ Aarhus‚ Rusalka in Sydney (for which she was awarded Best Director and Best Production in both the Helpmann and the Green Room Awards)‚ Cherivichki‚ May Night‚ The Rake’s Progress and The Magic Flute at Garsington‚ Don Giovanni‚ Rusalka and The Pied Piper at Opera North‚ Jenufa‚ Macbeth‚ Fidelio‚ Luisa Miller‚ Katya Kabanova and Pelléas et Mélisande with Opera Holland Park‚ Romeo et Juliette for British Youth Opera‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Magic Flute in Oviedo‚ La Traviata in Aarhus‚ Carmen‚ the musical for Pimlico Opera and Saul at the Buxton Festival.
She has worked extensively in opera‚ theatre and music-theatre. Operatic productions include Osud/Sarka (Garsington)‚ Italian Songbook (ROH‚ Linbury Studio) La Traviata (English Touring Opera)‚ The Turn of the Screw (Brighton Festival)‚ National Opera Studio Showcase (Queen Elizabeth Hall)‚ the World Premiere of The Maids by John Lunn (an ENO‚ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith‚ Theatre Works co-production)‚ Apollo and Hyacinth by Mozart (Classical Opera Company‚ London)‚ Il Trovatore and La Bohéme (Opera South‚ Ireland)‚ Handel’s Arminio (London Handel Society) and Johnny Johnson (Opera Factory Zurich). She devised and created several projects including Burning Mirrors for the ENO studio and Pleasure Palaces‚ a millennium production for the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. She has been Associate Director on productions at ENO‚ Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Opera Factory. With her own company Olivia’s theatre work includes national tours of Yerma‚ The Madman and the Nun and Ulysses Blooms as well as Woyzeck‚ Le Malade Imaginaire and the British Premieres of Washday and The Round Table‚ in her own translations.
See www.olivia-fuchs.com
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