After studying at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle in Brussels and at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan with Giorgio Strehler, Gilbert Deflo created his first stage productions at the National Opera of Belgium. His international career began in Frankfurt with The Love for Three Oranges. In 1976, he directed The Barber of Seville in Hamburg, followed by Pelléas et Mélisande and Le Grand Macabre. Between 1982 and 1986, he served as Principal Stage Director at the National Opera of Brussels.Among his many productions are Salome, Ariadne auf Naxos, Otello, and Don Giovanni in Karlsruhe; La Bohème and Lucia di Lammermoor in Nuremberg; Fra Diavolo in Palermo; La Traviata in Verona; Rigoletto in Milan; The Queen of Spades and Il Trovatore in Barcelona; Die Frau ohne Schatten at Welsh National Opera; Aida at Scottish Opera; Nabucco, Der Rosenkavalier, and La Sonnambula in Beijing; Manon Lescaut, Cavalleria rusticana, and Pagliacci in Tokyo; and Rolf Liebermann’s La Forêt in Geneva. In the baroque repertoire, he directed Serse at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, The Coronation of Poppea in Montpellier, and L’Orfeo in Barcelona. He was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.At the Paris Opera: Manon (1997); Don Quichotte (2000); The Love for Three Oranges (2005); Un ballo in maschera (2007); The Bartered Bride (2008); Luisa Miller (2008).

Gilbert DefloDirector