Tim Albery
English stage director
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Tim Albery |
| birth_date | |
| nationality | British |
| parents | Donald Albery |
| relatives | Sir Bronson Albery (grandfather) |
| Ian Albery (brother) | |
| Nicholas Albery (brother) | |
| Ivan Albery Powell (son) | |
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| name = Tim Albery | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = British | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = | employer = | occupation = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = Donald Albery | relatives = Sir Bronson Albery (grandfather) Ian Albery (brother) Nicholas Albery (brother) Ivan Albery Powell (son) Tim Bronson Reginald Albery (born 20 May 1952) is an English stage director, best known for his productions of opera.
Life and career
Albery was born in Harpenden, the son of the impresario Donald Albery and grandson of the producer Sir Bronson Albery. After directing drama in the British provinces, he directed his first operatic production, Britten's The Turn of the Screw for a music festival at Batignano, Italy in 1983. For Opera North, Albery directed operas by Tippett, Mozart and most notably Berlioz: his production of Les Troyens is described by The New Grove Dictionary of Opera as "triumphant".
For the English National Opera (ENO), Albery directed Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict (1990) and Britten’s Billy Budd (1988) and Peter Grimes (1991).
For Scottish Opera, Albery directed Wagner's Ring cycle between 1999 and 2003, and Mozart's Don Giovanni in 2006.
In a partnership with Soundstreams and Luminato, Albery both Directed and Created Hell's Fury in 2019.
Grove's Dictionary describes Albery's style as "a modern visual and dramatic language that combined stillness, taut economy, intense feeling for states of psychological and poetic complexity, and deep musical responsiveness" creating "a powerful impression of musico-dramatic revelation."
Notes
References
- (2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".
- Clark, Andrew, "Tim Albery - Fanfare for the common man", ''The Financial Times'', 9 August 2003, p. 28
- Ross, Peter. "The Fall and Rise", The Sunday Herald, 7 May 2006, p. 13
- (20 June 2019). "Hell's Fury is musical theatre that leaves a deep dent in the heart {{!}} The Star". The Toronto Star.
- Loppert Max. [http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/O900069 "Albery, Tim"], ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', edited by [[Stanley Sadie]], Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 12 June 2011 {{subscription required
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