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

10
October
16:00
Ballet
BOLÉRO
Maurice Ravel
Ballet in one act
Choreography and libretto by Georgy Kovtun
10
October
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
11
October
12:00
Concert
Concert of the “Odesa Music Olymp” competition winners
Концертна програма на одне відділення. Виконується без антракту
11
October
16:00
Opera
NABUCCO
Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in four acts (performed with one intermission)
14
October
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
October
17:00
Premiere
Ballet
LISOVA
Based on the play by Lesya Ukrainka, music by Tymofiy Starenkov
Modern ballet performance in two acts based on a poetic play “The Forest Song” by Lesya Ukrainka
Choreographer and libretto author - Olesya Shliakhtych
Performed with one intermission
16
October
17:00
Opera
ORFEO ED EURIDICE
C. W. Gluck
Libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi
17
October
16:00
Opera
TOSCA
Giacomo Puccini
Performed with two intermissions
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Based on Victorien Sardou's play "La Tosca"
18
October
16:00
Premiere
Ballet
SNOW IN FLORENCE
Сучасний балетний перформанс у двох діях за мотивами драматичної поеми Ліни Костенко "Сніг у Флоренції"
20
October
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"
21
October
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
22
October
17:00
Concert
MUSIC HITS OF THE WORLD CINEMA
Music by J. Williams, H. Zimmer, K. Badelt, A. L. Webber and others
23
October
17:00
Opera
LA BOHÈME
Giacomo Puccini
Opera in four acts, performed with one intermission
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Based on the book "Scenes of Bohemian Life" by Henri Murger
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