Graham Valentine

Education
Jacques Lecoq Theatre School, Paris

Debut
Venerdì/Un rè in ascolto (Berio) directed by Graham Vick (Covent Garden, Bastille Opera in Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam)

Career
Extensive experience as narrator with various orchestras and ensembles (Scottish Opera, Vlaamse Opera, Paris, Köln, …)
Member of the Zürich Schauspielhaus ensemble, 2000-2004

Highlights
Punch/Punch and Judy (Theater Basel); Faust Wurzel 1+2, Stunde Null (Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, on tour); Henry the Dog/Bählamms Fest (Olga Neuwirth) (Wiener Festwochen.); Gardefeu/La Vie Parisienne (Vienna Burgtheater, Wiener Festwochen); A King ... Riding by Klaas de Vries (Holland Festival, La Monnaie in Brussels); soloist/Pierrot Lunaire by Schönberg (Salzburg Festival, the Guggenheim Center in New York, Zürich Schauspielhaus, Ruhrtriennale); The Unanswered Question, Twentieth Century Blues, Lina Böglis Reise (Theater Basel); Haushofmeister/Ariadne auf Naxos (Bastille Opera); Robinson Crusoe/Arbeit Nahrung Wohnung (Singspiel by Enno Poppe) (Münchener Biennale, tour); Sauser aus Italien - eine Urheberei, (Salzburg Festival, Ruhrtriennale); Papperlapapp (Festival d’Avignon); Meine Faire Dame (on tour in Europe); Sale (Zürich Opernhaus); Pangloss / Martin/Candide (Vlaamse Opera)

Worked with
Christoph Marthaler (close cooperation since 1970), Anna Viebrock, Jacques Nichet, Claude Régy, François Verret, Martin Schütz

Recent and future productions
Pangloss / Martin/Candide (Vlaamse Opera)