Nicolas Joel or Joel was a French opera director and administrator of opera houses.
11 Facts About Nicolas Joel
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Nicolas Joel was general manager of the Theatre du Capitole de Toulouse from 1990 to 2009 and of the Paris Opera from 2009 to 2014.
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Nicolas Joel directed Puccini's Tosca in Lausanne for Jose van Dam's debut as Scarpia.
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Nicolas Joel staged Gounod's Romeo et Juliette at the Royal Opera House in London, and Bizet's Carmen at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
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From 1990 to 2009, Nicolas Joel was artistic director of the Capitole de Toulouse.
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Nicolas Joel reopened the Theatre du Capitole, after the renovation of the stage cage, in October 2004, with a new production of Janacek's Jenufa.
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Nicolas Joel staged Daphne by Richard Strauss at the Vienna State Opera in 2004, Puccini's La rondine at the Metropolitan Opera in 2008, and Faust at the Vienna State Opera the same year.
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From 2009, Nicolas Joel was director of the Paris Opera, succeeding Gerard Mortier.
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In October 2012, Nicolas Joel announced that he would not stand for another term, after learning of the Opera's budgetary planning for the coming years.
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Nicolas Joel received the Drama and Music Critics Award for his lyrical productions twice, as well as a Victoire de la Musique in 1996, in the category "Best Lyrical Production" for Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites.
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Nicolas Joel had been a chevalier of the Legion of Honour since 2004 and became an officer in 2014.