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Stephen Medcalf (born 1958) is a British stage director, particularly known for his opera productions, both in the UK and abroad. He received the Italian music critics' prize, ''Premio Abbiati'', for "Best Director" in 2005. Medcalf is married to the British soprano Susan Gritton. ==Life and career== Medcalf was born in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire and attended Nottingham University where he read economic and social history. While at Nottingham he sang in the university's opera group chorus and directed a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Ruddigore'' at the New Theatre. After graduation, he did further training as a stage director at the London Drama Studio. His first job was in stage management at the Royal Northern College of Music. He then worked at Glyndebourne Festival Opera which he describes as the place where he "learnt his craft and trade" working as an assistant director under Peter Sellars and Peter Hall.〔 His first production for Glyndebourne as the original director was the 1994 ''Le nozze di Figaro'' which inaugurated the festival's new opera house and was later released on DVD.〔 From 1991 to 1997, Medcalf was Director of Productions at English Touring Opera, producing ''Don Giovanni'', ''The Magic Flute'', ''Orfeo ed Euridice'', ''Rigoletto'', ''Le nozze di Figaro'', and ''L'elisir d'amore'' for the company. He married the soprano Susan Gritton in 1993, shortly after his production of ''L'elisir'' in which she sang the role of Adina. She has since sung leading roles in several of his productions including Tatyana in Grange Park Opera's 2013 ''Eugene Onegin''. His original ETO production of ''L'elisir'', which set the story in the American Mid-West, has subsequently been revived many times in Australia.〔Allison, John (June 2013) "Stephen Medcalf". ''Opera'', Vol 64, No. 6, pp. 696–702.〕〔Allison, John (7 June 2013). ("''Eugene Onegin'', at Grange Park Opera, review" ). ''Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 6 November 2013.〕 One of Medcalf's earliest productions in Italy was ''The Magic Flute'' for the Teatro Regio di Parma in 1995 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. The production has since been revived at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Regio di Parma, and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain. Medcalf went on to direct new several more new productions in Italy, notably ''A Village Romeo and Juliet'' (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari 2002), ''The Queen of Spades'' (La Scala, Milan 2005), ''Manon Lescaut'' (Teatro Regio di Parma 2005), and ''Falstaff'' (Teatro Farnese, Parma 2011). He was awarded the 2005 ''Premio Abbiati'' for "Best Director" for ''The Queen of Spades'' at La Scala.〔 Medcalf was resident producer on the Opera Programme of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1991 to 2004 where he focused the programme's public performances on rarely performed works, such as the British premieres of Donizetti's ''Il giovedi grasso'' and Martinů's ''Ariane''. He has since returned Guildhall as a guest director, directing Almeida's ''Spinalba'' in 2010 and the British and European premiere of Ned Rorem's chamber opera, ''Our Town'' in 2012.〔Clements, Andrew (9 November 2010). ("''Spinalba'' – review" ). ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 6 November 2013.〕〔Guildhall School of Music and Drama. (17 April 2012). ("Ned Rorem's ''Our Town'' is final opera production of the year" ). Retrieved 6 November 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Medcalf (director)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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