AdrianNoble
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About Adrian
Adrian Noble was the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003. In addition to his theatre and film work, Adrian has also directed several successful London West End musicals including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Secret Garden.
In the 2022/23 season Adrian directed a new production of Verdi’s Falstaff for Gran Teatro La Fenice.
His most recent work in opera includes new productions of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi for Teatro alla Scala; Verdi’s Otello, Handel’s Alcina and Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel for the Wiener Staatsoper; Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni for the Opéra de Lyon; Verdi’s Macbeth at The Metropolitan Opera, New York; Bizet’s Carmen for the Opéra Comique, Paris; Handel’s Serse for the Theater an der Wien, Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra for the Opera di Roma; Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte for the Glyndebourne Festival and Verdi’s Don Carlos for the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
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Verdi Otello
Wiener StaatsoperJun 2019By far outshining Vienna’s past two Otello productions.
- Moore Parker, 'The Opera Critic'
- 30 June 2019
Verdi Macbeth
Metropolitan Opera, New YorkSep 2016A revival of Adrian Noble’s grimly powerful modern-dress 2007 production ... Mr. Noble’s production is even better than I remember.
- Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
- 25 September 2015
Adrian Noble's effective 2007 production, a post-World War II dystopian environment of gloom, with designer Mark Thompson's black pillars and Jean Kalman's stark lighting, framed Ms. Netrebko well. Baritone Željko Lučić was a soft-edged Macbeth, in thrall to the ferocity of his Lady. Bass René Pape was a bit of luxury casting for Banquo, who is killed off regrettably early in the action; Joseph Calleja was a generic Macduff. One of Mr. Noble's most entertaining production elements is the witches, a coven of Monty Python-esque housewives with white ankle socks, squashed hats, and pocketbooks that, when opened, threw light on their faces; the Met chorus brought a gleeful mania to their scenes.
- Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal
- 29 September 2014
Verdi Simon Boccanegra
Opera di RomaJan 2016Noble’s conventional, but always musical and effective production.
- Jack Buckley, Seen and Heard
- 01 December 2012
Verdi Don Carlo
Bolshoi Theatre, MoscowJan 2016The Bolshoi's vast Main Stage absolutely cries out for stylish traditional productions of large-scale 19th-century operas. And that is precisely what British director Adrian Noble and his production team have come up with. Noble moves principals and chorus about in classic fashion, no doubt partly a reflection of his experience as a long-time head of Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Raymond Stults, The Moscow Times
- 19 January 2014