Sher, Chereau, and Gelb to Discuss the Art of Directing in LIVE FROM THE NYPL 10/8

The New York Public Library will host a discussion with Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher and director Patric Chereau on October 8. The discussion, moderated by Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb, will focus on the art of directing and their work with the Metropolitan Opera.

Bartlett Sher is an American theatre director. Sher made his Met debut in 2006 with a new staging of IL Barbiere di Siviglia and is returning this season with a new production of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann. In 2008, he received the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for his direction of the Broadway revival of South Pacific.

Hailing from Paris, France, Chéreau will make his U.S. opera debut this season with a new production of Janácek's From the House of the Dead. Amongst other directorial credits, Chereau has helmed ‘Lulu', ‘Don Giovanni', and ‘Cosi fan tutte'.

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