FEDORA -

Franciska Éry

Stage Director

https://www.franciskaery.com/

Franciska Éry © i

Séisme immersive installation on the main stage of the Opéra Comédie -

Audience walking on the interactive floring, reading Jean Marys poetic libretto

A deaf school boy attending a concert in Montpellier, wearing a Subpac vibrating jacket.

A deaf school boy attending a concert in Montpellier, wearing a Subpac vibrating jacket. © Audrey Brahimi - Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie

Short Bio

Franciska was born in Budapest and grew up in Stockholm and Moscow. After receiving her First Class BA in English and Drama from Queen Mary University of London and her Masters with Distinction in Performance Making from Goldsmiths University of London, she started working as a freelance theatre director and performance maker, creating work in London venues such as the Cockpit, Hoxton Hall, Above the Arts Theatre, The Bunker and the New Diorama. In recent years she has worked with the National Opera Studio, Fulham Opera, the Royal Academy of Music, Opera Holland Park, Longborough Festival Opera and the Royal Opera House. She directed the UK debut of Gounod's La Nonne Sanglante with Gothic Opera, which won the London OffWestend award for Best Opera Production. Currently she is part of the directors course on the Royal Opera House's Jette Parker Young Artist Programme lead by Elaine Kidd and Katie Mitchell, and she is an Artist in Residence at Montpellier National Opera.