Ted Huffman

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Biography
Ted Huffman has established himself in recent years as one of the most sought-after stage directors and writers of his generation. His production of L’incoronazione di Poppea for the Festival Aix-en-Provence was nominated for Best Production and the world premiere of Kris Defoort’s The Time of our Singing for La Monnaie for Best World Premiere in the International Opera Awards 2022. The world premiere of Stefan Wirth’s The Girl with the Pearl Earring for Opernhaus Zürich was winner of Opernwelt’s Best World Premiere 2022.

The current season of 2024-25 will see Ted Huffman creating a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin for Royal Opera House London and directing the world premiere of We are the lucky ones at DNO Amsterdam. It is his fourth work together with composer Philip Venables where Ted also wrote the libretto. It’s a co-production with Ruhrtriennale and will be presented there in summer 2025. Furthermore, Ted will direct revivals at La Monnaie (The Time of our Singing) and Netherlands Reisopera (L’Incoronazione di Poppea) and return to Festival Aix-en-Provence to direct Britten’s The Story of Billy Budd.

In 2023 he wrote and directed his third stage work with composer Philip Venables, an adaptation of The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, based on Larry Mitchell’s cult 1977 book. Faggots is a co-production of Manchester International Festival (MIF), the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenz Festival, and Skirball Center (NYU) and was hailed by the press as “masterpiece” (Manchester Evening News), “meticulously plotted” (Opera News) and “irresistibly, unforgettably compelling” (The Guardian). It was presented at the Holland Festival, Southbank Centre and Ruhrtriennale recently.

Other recent projects include new productions of Weill’s Street Scene for Opéra de Paris, Stockhausen’s Sonntag aus Licht for Le Balcon Paris, Roméo et Juliette for Opernhaus Zürich (filmed by Arte), Orlando for Oper Frankfurt and revivals of L’incoronazione di Poppea for Opéra Royal de Versailles, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Valencia, Oper Köln, Opera de Rennes and Opera Toulon and The Time of Our Singing for Theater St. Gallen.More
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