Stage Director

She is a woman whose excessive desires lead to her own extinction: The Theban princess Semele is to marry Prince Athamas at her father's request, but falls in love with the god Jupiter, who appears to her in human form. On her wedding day, Semele therefore willingly allows herself to be abducted into his realm. The love-struck Jupiter swears to his new lover that he will grant her every wish. His jealous wife Juno uses this promise for a devious intrigue: In the guise of Semele's sister Ino, she convinces Semele that she can achieve immortality if she sees Jupiter in his true, divine form. In this way, she tells Semele that she wants Jupiter, without revealing to her that the sight of a god is unbearable for a human being. Semele will burn in the face of the real Jupiter.

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Semele

Theater Lübeck

Nemorino, a not-so-clever mechanic, has fallen for Adina, a school teacher. He desires her attention, but doesn’t feel worthy. Fortunately, he meets Dr. Dulcamara (most certainly a quack) who sells him a “magic elixir” that can make his dreams come true.

The Elixir of Love

Santa Fe Opera

Love, laughs, and liquor. Utterly enjoyable from first sip to last, this fizzy concoction is opera’s most winning comedy. A lovestruck bumpkin is about to lose the company of a rich and independent landowner. Crossing paths with a quack doctor, he soon gets duped in more ways than one. Wine, a windfall, and a fateful “furtive tear” eventually reveal happy truths as sincerity triumphs amid much rejoicing.

Seattle Center

Über der Offiziersfamilie Wingrave liegt der Schatten eines alten Fluchs: Der Legende nach erschlug ein Vorfahr seinen Sohn, weil dieser die Familienehre nicht verteidigen wollte. Die Leiche des Kindsmörders wurde kurz darauf im selben Zimmer aufgefunden und die Todesursache nie geklärt. Krieg, Disziplin, Ordnung und Hierarchiegläubigkeit bestimmen das Sein der Wingraves seit Generationen. Im Gegensatz dazu hat die Erinnerung an das Schicksal des erschlagenen Sohns das Leben von Sprössling Owen geprägt. Owen, braver Junge und Familienstolz, entscheidet sich, nach reiflicher Überlegung, seine Offiziersausbildung abzubrechen und die Militärakademie zu verlassen. Die Familie betrachtet diese Haltung als Verrat. Er wird bedrängt, verspottet, bedroht und am Ende enterbt. Selbst seine Verlobte wendet sich von ihm ab, da sie ihn für einen Feigling hält. Doch gerade der Mut, seiner Familiengeschichte und seinem Schicksal zu widerstehen und seinen eigenen Überzeugungen treu zu bleiben, ist die Stärke, die Owens Charakter ausmacht.

Owen Wingrave

Nothing is more improbable than the love between Tristan and Isolde: In a fight, Tristan murders her fiancé, then lets her heal his own wounds without being recognized. Tristan soon returns to Isolde and asks for her hand in marriage: not for himself, but in the name of King Marke. But something seems to be smoldering between the two, irreconcilable, on the border between love and hate. When Isolde plans to kill herself and Tristan, Isolde's servant Brangäne exchanges the poison for a love potion - the moment of impending death becomes the birth of a love that transcends everything.

Stephen Lawless

Stage Director

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 15, 2024 - Apr 27, 2025

Semele · Theater Lübeck

Feb 2 - Jun 29, 2025

Tristan and Isolde · Theater Lübeck

Past events

Nov 15, 2024 - Apr 27, 2025

Semele · Theater Lübeck

Jul 27 - Aug 22, 2024

The Elixir of Love · Santa Fe Opera

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