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Graham Vick, director who opened opera s doors, dies at 67
Graham Vick at the Metropolitan Opera, where he directed a production of Il Trovatore, in New York on Dec. 4, 2000. Vick, a British opera director who worked at prestigious houses like the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala while also seeking to broaden operas appeal by staging works in abandoned rock clubs and former factories and by bringing more diversity to casting, died of complications of COVID-19 on Saturday, July 17, 2021, in London. He was 67. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
by Alex Marshall
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Graham Vick, a British opera director who worked at prestigious houses such as the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City and La Scala in Milan while also seeking to broaden operas appeal by staging works in abandoned rock clubs and former factories and by bringing more diversity to casting, died Saturday in London. He was 67.
Graham Vick, Director Who Opened Operaâs Doors, Dies at 67
The British director was no stranger to the prestige houses, but his calls to make opera more inclusive and available to everyone eventually found their moment.
Graham Vick in 2000 at the Metropolitan Opera, where he directed a production of “Il Trovatore.” While working at the world’s major opera houses, he also sought to bring opera to a wider audience with his Birmingham Opera.Credit.Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
July 19, 2021, 7:10 p.m. ET
LONDON â Graham Vick, a British opera director who worked at prestigious houses like the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala while also seeking to broaden operaâs appeal by staging works in abandoned rock clubs and former factories and by bringing more diversity to casting, died on Saturday in London. He was 67.