Deborah Warner opens her new production of Britten’s A Midusmmer Night's Dream this week at the Teatro Real in Madrid. The cast features Sam Furness as Lysander.
The production is the second in a trio of Britten’s operas for Deborah this season which began with a critically acclaimed new production of The Turn of the Screw at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and continues with the return of her much lauded production of Peter Grimes to the Royal Ballet & Opera in London.
In addition to Britten, Deborah's busy 2025/26 season includes a revival of her staging of Schubert's Winterreise at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris and her debut at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl with a new double bill of Berlioz' La mort de Cléopâtre and Puccini's Suor Angelica. Her production of Eugene Onegin also returns to the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Deborah was recently appointed as Artistic Director of New York's Park Avenue Armory. Building on the artistic base established by Pierre Audi, Alex Poots, and Kristy Edmunds she begins work in January 2026, completing the 2027 season with full planning for the 2028 season and beyond. In its press release the Armory said
"The powerful combination of artistic rigor and daring imagination has solidified Deborah’s standing as one of the most innovative and influential directors working today. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated the highest level of excellence, with a proven track record of celebrated works in theater and many other genres, including opera, classical music, and adventurous hybrid productions."
