Born in London and educated in West Germany‚ Olivia Fuchs went on to study at Westfield College‚ University of London and Berkley University‚ California before completing the Postgraduate Acting course at the Drama Studio‚ London.
She has worked extensively in opera‚ theatre and music-theatre. Operatic productions include Osud/Sarka (Garsington)‚ Italian Songbook (ROH‚ Linbury Studio) La Traviata (English Touring Opera)‚ The Turn of the Screw (Brighton Festival)‚ National Opera Studio Showcase (Queen Elizabeth Hall)‚ the World Premiere of The Maids by John Lunn (an ENO‚ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith‚ Theatre Works co-production)‚ Apollo and Hyacinth by Mozart (Classical Opera Company‚ London)‚ Il Trovatore and La Bohéme (Opera South‚ Ireland)‚ Handel’s Arminio (London Handel Society) and Johnny Johnson (Opera Factory Zurich). She devised and created several projects including Burning Mirrors for the ENO studio and Pleasure Palaces‚ a millennium production for the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. She has been Associate Director on productions at ENO‚ Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Opera Factory. With her own company Olivia’s theatre work includes national tours of Yerma‚ The Madman and the Nun and Ulysses Blooms as well as Woyzeck‚ Le Malade Imaginaire and the British Premieres of Washday and The Round Table‚ in her own translations.
Recent projects include A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Royal Opera House‚ Covent Garden in the Linbury Theatre‚ The Marriage of Figaro at English National Opera‚ Rigoletto with the Danish National Opera‚ Aarhus‚ Rusalka in Sydney (for which she was awarded Best Director and Best Production in both the Helpmann and the Green Room Awards)‚ Cherivichki‚ May Night and The Rake’s Progress at Garsington‚ Don Giovanni‚ Rusalka and The Pied Piper at Opera North‚ Jenufa‚ Macbeth‚ Fidelio‚ Luisa Miller and Katya Kabanova with Opera Holland Park‚ Romeo et Juliette for British Youth Opera‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Oviedo‚ and La Traviata in Aarhus. This season’s and future plans include Carmen‚ the musical for Pimlico Opera‚ Pelléas et Mélisande and Fidelio for Opera Holland Park‚ The Magic Flute at Garsington‚ Saul at Buxton Festival‚ Il Trovatore in Aarhus and La Traviata in Magdeburg.
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