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

26
August
17:00
Concert
MUSIC HITS OF THE WORLD CINEMA
Music by J. Williams, H. Zimmer, K. Badelt, A. L. Webber and others
27
August
13:00
Premiere
Opera
NEXT VOICE: The future sings at the Odessa Opera
Арт-простір «Бельетаж-імпреза»
Концертна програма на одне відділення
27
August
17:00
Concert
CONCERT OF THE ORGAN MUSIC
Concert in two parts
Performed with an intermission
28
August
17:00
Premiere
Opera
PAGLIACCI
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Opera in two acts, performed with one intermission.
Libretto by R. Leoncavallo.
Performed in Italian with Ukrainian subtitles.
29
August
11:00
Premiere
for young viewer
The Carnival of the Animals
Educational project of the Odessa Opera
Performed without intermission
29
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
30
August
16:00
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
03
September
17:00
Premiere
Concert
NEW UKRAINIAN MUSIC
Концертна програма з циклу "Нова Музика України"
Виконується без антракту
05
September
16:00
Premiere
Ballet
SNOW IN FLORENCE
Сучасний балетний перформанс у двох діях за мотивами драматичної поеми Ліни Костенко "Сніг у Флоренції"
06
September
16:00
Opera
CARMEN
Georges Bizet
Opera in 4 acts
The libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée
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