Jan McNulty Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The Irish Times has reported that Annilese Miskimmon has been appointed as Opera Director in Oslo: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/belfast-opera-director-lands-a-tricky-new-job-in-norway-1.2466243 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coated Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Interesting - would be lovely to have a successful female successor for Mr Holten next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Yes it would...but sadly female opera directors are a very rare breed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 As well as being a woman, Miskimmon is a very fine opera director (and seeing her on stage is one of my earliest memories!). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) Yes it would...but sadly female opera directors are a very rare breed. Not that rare... to name but a few with production credits with the UK's major companies: Francesca Zambello, Deborah Warner, Phyllida Lloyd, Katie Mitchell, Annabel Arden, Fiona Shaw, Olivia Fuchs, Rodula Gaitanou, Marie Lambert, Mariame Clement... (edited to add: ...and of course Annilese Miskimmon, who I wouldn't have hesitated to mention were she not already the subject of this thread!) They are certainly very under-represented in the industry in comparison with men, but they aren't that rare. I'd have more trouble trying to name female choreographers with work being presented at a similar level of prominence. Edited December 17, 2015 by RuthE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Sorry....to be clear, I meant opera ADs, not directors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ah! In which case you are quite right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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