- Francesca Zambello
Francesca Zambello (born
1956 ) is a leading Americanopera andtheatre director . Zambello lived in Europe when she was a child, learning to speak French, Italian, German and Russian. She attendedMoscow University in 1976 and graduated fromColgate University in1978 .She began her career as an Assistant Director to the celebrated opera director
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle . From 1984 to 1991 she was the Artistic Director of theSkylight Music Theater inMilwaukee . In recent years she has worked at theMetropolitan Opera in New York, theWashington Opera ,Houston Grand Opera , the Bolshoi,Teatro la Fenice inVenice , the Royal Opera inLondon and theParis Opera , as well as for theSeattle Children's Theatre ,BBC Television , and the Bregenz Festival. She is an Artistic Advisor to theSan Francisco Opera .She has won awards for her work in France, England, Japan, Germany, Russia and Australia (the
Helpmann Award ).Zambello made her Broadway directorial debut with the muscal production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" (2008). She is directing the musical version of "
Little House on the Prairie ", which started its run at theGuthrie Theater in July 2008.External links
* [http://www.francescazambello.com Official site]
* [http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/buniverse/videos/view/?id=174 Interview at BUniverse]
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