Albert-André Lheureux

(stage director)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Albert-André Lheureux is a stage director and a theatre manager. He founded the Théâtre de l’Esprit Frappeur at Brussels when he was 18. Soon he was appointed artistic and technical director of Forest National, the Brussels Sports and Culture Centre. In Belgium, he also founded and managed the Théâtre du Jardin Botanique and the Théâtre du Résidence Palace. In 1963, he started a theatre movement in Brussels called “Jeune Théâtre” (Young Theatre); he himself kept acting for ten years.
He has staged more than 70 drama productions and around 60 operas in theatres of numerous countries. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
He has received many awards: among them, the International Grand Prix at the Brazilian Short Film Festival for his film “Possession du Condamné” that was inspired by Jean Genet’s poetry and the Grand Prix of the Belgian Society of Authors. In France, he was awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (The Order of Arts and Letters).

OPERA STAGINGS
Royal Opera of Wallonia:
Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortilèges” 
Penderecki’s “The Devils of Loudun”
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”
Paul Baudouin Michel’s “Jeanne la Folle”
Gounod’s “Faust” 
Verdi’s “Otello”
Liège Sports Centre:
Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila” 
Flanders Opera:
Leigh’s musical “The Man of La Mancha” 
Rossini’s “Cenerentola”
Opéra du Rhin:
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”
Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” 
Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio”
Gagneux’s “Orfeus” 
Mussorgsky’s “Khovantchina”
Opéra de Tours:
Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”
Prodromides’ “Les Traverses du Temps”
Opéra de Bordeaux:
Gounod’s “Mireille”
Opéra de Marseille:
Reyer’s “Sigurd”
Polish National Opera:
Penderecki’s “Czarna Maska”
Puccini’s “La Bohème”
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe:
Penderecki’s “The Black Mask” 
Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos”
ABAO Bilbao Opera:
Gounod’s “Faust” 
Meyerbeer’s “Les Huguenots”
Opera de Las Palmas:
Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” 
Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut”
Bulgarian National Opera:
Verdi’s “Otello” 
Opera Ireland:
Beethoven’s “Fidelio”
Indiana University Opera Theater U.S.A:
Massenet’s “Cendrillon”
Estonian National Opera:
Bizet’s “Carmen”
Vanemuine Theatre:
Massenet’s “Werther”

He has also worked with Opéra d’Angers, Opéra de Massy (Paris), Opéra de Metz, Opéra de Reims, Opéra de Rennes, Opéra de Saint-Etienne, Opéra de Toulon, Opéra de Vichy… and in numerous theaters in Paris: Théâtre de Chaillot, Théâtre Comedia, Théâtre de l’Espace Pierre Cardin, Théâtre Essaïon, Théâtre Montparnasse, Vingtième Théâtre among others.

Albert-André Lheureux has also produced grand open air performances in Belgium, Spain, Cyprus and Sweden. For three seasons, 2000, 2001, 2002, he was an artistic advisor to the Pafos Aphrodite Opera Festival in Cyprus.

Albert-André Lheureux has taught interpretation at the National Theatre School of Canada and at the Diffusion Arts Institute of Belgium (I.A.D.) where he also was, for a time, coordinator of the theatre section. He is also a successful author of several books and theatre adaptations.