Olivier Py

Olivier Py ([pi]; born July 24, 1965 in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French stage director, actor and writer.

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• Who is Olivier Py
• Works written and directed
• Published works
• Other productions
• Actor
• Director
• References

In 1997, Py became director of the Centre Dramatique National d'Orléans. In 2007, he became director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon.

Py describes himself as Catholic and homosexual. He is known for his emphasis on Catholic and homoerotic themes.

Since the early 2000s, Py has increasingly devoted himself to the opera. His productions of La Damnation de Faust, Tannhäuser and Tristan und Isolde, all in Geneva, have generally been well received. In March 2008, he debuted at the Paris Opéra. On this occasion he stated to a French magazine (Diapason, March 2008) that he "would not be done staging operas until [he] did Wagner's Ring and Parsifal".

Works written and directed

1988: Des oranges et des ongles

1990: Gaspacho, un chien mort

1991: La femme canon et le bouquet final

1992: Les Aventures de Paco Goliard

1992: La Nuit au cirque

1992: La chèvre

1994: La Jeune fille, le diable et le moulin

1995: La Servante - histoire sans fin

1996: Apologétique

1997: Le Visage d'Orphée

1998: Requiem pour Srebrenica

1999: L'Eau de la vie

2000: Le Cabaret de Miss Knife

2000: L'apocalypse joyeuse

2001: Au monde comme n'y étant pas

2001: L'Exaltation du labyrinthe

2003: Jeunesse

2004: Le Vase de parfums, opera libretto

2004: Faust Nocturne

2004: Miss Knife chante Olivier Py

2005: Les Vainqueurs

2006: Illusions Comiques

2011: "Romeo et Juliette", the French version at "Theatre de l'Odeon"

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2011: Die Sonne (Le Soleil), Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Published works

1994: La Jeune fille, le diable et le moulin, L'école des loisirs

1998: Théâtre, Solitaires Intempestifs

2005: Les Vainqueurs, Actes Sud

2007: Les Enfants de Saturne

Other productions

1989: Mon Père qui fonctionnait par périodes culinaires et autres (Elizabeth Mazev)

1996: Miss Knife et sa baraque chantante, Festival d'Avignon

1993: Les Drôles (Elizabeth Mazev)

1999: Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber), Opéra de Nancy

2001: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach), Grand Théâtre de Genève

2003: La Damnation de Faust (Hector Berlioz), Geneva

2003: Le Soulier de satin (Paul Claudel), Orléans

2005: Tristan und Isolde (Richard Wagner, Geneva

2005: Tannhäuser (Richard Wagner), Geneva

2006: A Cry From Heaven (Vincent Woods)

2006: Curlew River (Benjamin Britten)

2008: The Rake's Progress (Igor Stravinsky), Opéra National de Paris (Palais Garnier)

2008: La Trilogie du Diable: La Damnation de Faust (Hector Berlioz), Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber), Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach). Grand Théâtre de Genève

Actor

1989: Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non (short) directed by Noémie Lvovsky

1995: Funny Bones directed by Peter Chelsom

1995: Au petit Marguery directed by Laurent Bénégui

1995: 75 centilitres de prière (short) directed by Jacques Maillot

1995: Corps inflammables (short) directed by Jacques Maillot

1996: Casse-casse partie (TV) directed by Gérard Renouf

1996: Chacun cherche son chat directed by Cédric Klapisch

1997: La Divine poursuite directed by Michel Deville

1998: Late August, Early September

1999: Peut-être directed by Cédric Klapisch

1999: Nos vies heureuses directed by Jacques Maillot

2000: Les Yeux fermés (TV) directed by Olivier Py

Director

2000: Les Yeux fermés (TV)