Jean-François D’hondt

He studied at RITCS between 1977 and 1982. At this film, television and theatre-school in Brussels he got the degree of director/producer.

His career started as an assistant director at the National Opera La Monnaie (in Brussels), and also at the Flemisch Opera and KNS (both in Antwerp). Later he switched to television and worked as director and producer for all the National and commercial stations on both sides of Belgium. He specialised in video streaming of classical concerts and operas. He spend an important part of his career at The Centre Fine Arts in Brussels (Bozar) where he took several responsible duties and produced/directed concerts with such great musicians as Valery Gergiev, Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli, Zubin Mehta, Juan Diego Florez, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle.

In between his television responsibilities he never stopped directing plays, operas and other big events. He directed «Les Contes d’Hoffmann», «L’enfant Prodigue», «Parade», «The Night of the Proms», «My Fair Lady», «Nabucco», «La Bohème», «Tosca», «Don Giovanni», «Carmen», «Eugene Onegin», etc.

Next season he will direct «Mefistofele», «Orphée aux Enfers» and «Adriana Lecouvreur» in Bulgaria.

He is now working on ballet/theatre and opera productions as a producer and director mostly for Music Hall and Teatro Cinque, as well as for several other companies.

Recommended

02
August
16:00
Opera
NATALKA POLTAVKA
Mykola Lysenko
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Mykhaylo Staritskiy, based on the play of the same name by Ivan Kotliarevskiy
05
August
17:00
Concert
MUSIC HITS OF THE WORLD CINEMA
Music by J. Williams, H. Zimmer, K. Badelt, A. L. Webber and others
06
August
17:00
Opera
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
Gaetano Donizetti
Opera in 2 acts
Libretto by Felice Romani based on libretto by Eugène Scribe for the opera "L'Elisir d'Amore"
07
August
17:00
Ballet
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Ivan Nebesniy
Author’s project of the Odessa Opera
Ballet for the whole family in two acts, performed with one intermission
Libretto by Tatiana Poderska based on the fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
08
August
16:00
Opera
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini based on Pierre Beaumarchais’s comedy Le Barbier de Séville
09
August
16:00
Ballet for young viewer
SNOW WHITE
B. Pavlovskiy
Ballet in two acts
Libretto by Yanina Kyselyova based on the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by Brothers Grimm
11
August
16:00
Premiere
for young viewer
The Carnival of the Animals
Educational project of the Odessa Opera
Performed without intermission
12
August
17:00
Opera
RIGOLETTO
Giuseppe Verdi
13
August
17:00
Ballet
DON QUIXOTE
Ludwig Minkus
Ballet in 2 acts
Based on an episode from the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes
14
August
17:00
Opera
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Pietro Mascagni
Opera in one act
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
Based on the short story by Giovanni Verga
15
August
16:00
Ballet
BOLÉRO
Maurice Ravel
Ballet in one act
Choreography and libretto by Georgy Kovtun
15
August
16:00
Ballet
THE TANGO OF FIRE AND ICE
Music by Astor Piazzolla, Edgardo Donato and Mariano Mores
Ballet in one act
Libretto by Tetiana Poderska
Author and choreographer - Yanina Kyselyova
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