Graham Vick's guest appearances

Graham Vick

Last Word

Momus

In Tune Highlights

Fazit

The Lebrecht Interview

Neville Marriner

Fanny Waterman

Joyce DiDonato

Michael Collins

Bernard Haitink

Edward Gardner

Roger Norrington

Stephen Kovacevich

Menahem Pressler

Peter Maxwell Davies

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Ray Wilkins

Vic Damone

Norma Winstone

Kurt Elling

OwlTail

Carmel Budiardjo

Piers Plowright

Julian Worricker on:The opera director, Sir Graham Vick, who challenged people's perceptions by discovering new performers and new audiences.Carmel Budiardjo, the human rights campaigner whose work was influenced by time spent in jail in Indonesia.The award-winning radio documentary maker, Piers Plowright, who set out to shine a light on the everyday lives of ordinary people.And Dusty Hill....the bearded bass player from Texas, who enjoyed worldwide success as part of ZZ Top.Producer: Laura NorthedgeInterviewed guest: Simon HalseyInterviewed guest: Nicholas PayneInterviewed guest: Jonathan Head Interviewed guest: Barbara PatillaInterviewed guest: Simon ElmesInterviewed guest: Sam Dunn

Julian Worricker on:The opera director, Sir Graham Vick, who challenged people's perceptions by discovering new performers and new audiences.Carmel Budiardjo, the human rights campaigner whose work was influenced by time spent in jail in Indonesia.The award-winning radio documentary maker, Piers Plowright, who set out to shine a light on the everyday lives of ordinary people.And Dusty Hill....the bearded bass player from Texas, who enjoyed worldwide success as part of ZZ Top.Producer: Laura NorthedgeInterviewed guest: Simon Halsey Interviewed guest: Nicholas Payne Interviewed guest: Jonathan Head Interviewed guest: Barbara Patilla Interviewed guest: Simon Elmes Interviewed guest: Sam Dunn

Sir Graham Vick (pictured), Carmel Budiardjo, Piers Plowright, Dusty Hill

Graham Vick on directing the world premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’s new opera 'Morgen und Abend' at the Royal Opera House in London and the future of opera funding

Graham Vick 10 Nov 2015

Norman Lebrecht talks to the British opera director Graham Vick whilst in rehearsals in Birmingham for Stockhausen's massive opera Mittwoch. Vick is one of the leading British directors. He works in all of the worlds' major opera houses directing the standard operatic repertoire and was for a number of years Director of Prodductions at Glyndebourne. But he is also director of the Birmingham Opera Company which he founded in 1987. It specialises in innovative and unusual productions of operas often in unusual venues such as factories or disused warehouses and this interview was recorded in Birmingham where Vick is currently in rehearsal for the British premiere of the complete version of Mittwoch part of Stockhausen's massive cycle, Licht.He talks to Norman about Stockhausen, about his approach to directing, his views on opera and about his background.Producer Paul Frankl.

Norman Lebrecht talks to the British opera director Graham Vick whilst in rehearsals in Birmingham for Stockhausen's massive opera Mittwoch. Vick is one of the leading British directors. He works in all of the worlds' major opera houses directing the standard operatic repertoire and was for a number of years Director of Prodductions at Glyndebourne. But he is also director of the Birmingham Opera Company which he founded in 1987. It specialises in innovative and unusual productions of operas often in unusual venues such as factories or disused warehouses and this interview was recorded in Birmingham where Vick is currently in rehearsal for the British premiere of the complete version of Mittwoch part of Stockhausen's massive cycle, Licht. He talks to Norman about Stockhausen, about his approach to directing, his views on opera and about his background. Producer Paul Frankl.