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==Second Movement==
==Second Movement==
Mears founded [[Second Movement Opera|Second Movement]] as joint Artistic Director with the conductor [[Nicholas Chalmers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Second Movement website|url=http://www.secondmovement.org.uk/}}</ref> His productions for them have included [[Mozart and Salieri]], [[Trouble in Tahiti]], and The Knife's Tears.<ref>{{cite web|title=Loesje Sanders Ltd|url=http://www.loesjesanders.com/clients/cvs/mearscv.html}}</ref>
Mears founded [[Second Movement Opera|Second Movement]] as joint Artistic Director with the conductor [[Nicholas Chalmers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Second Movement website|url=http://www.secondmovement.org.uk/}}</ref> His productions for them have included ''[[Mozart and Salieri]]'', ''[[Trouble in Tahiti]]'', and ''The Knife's Tears''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Loesje Sanders Ltd|url=http://www.loesjesanders.com/clients/cvs/mearscv.html}}</ref>


==Northern Ireland Opera==
==Northern Ireland Opera==

Revision as of 21:59, 3 November 2012

Oliver Mears is a theatrical director from England.

Education

Mears read English and History at Lincoln College, Oxford.[1]

Second Movement

Mears founded Second Movement as joint Artistic Director with the conductor Nicholas Chalmers.[2] His productions for them have included Mozart and Salieri, Trouble in Tahiti, and The Knife's Tears.[3]

Northern Ireland Opera

In 2010 Mears was appointed as the Artistic Director of the newly-created Northern Ireland Opera[4] . His productions for them have included The Medium, Tosca, which won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Opera in 2011,[5] and The Turn of the Screw.[6]

His production of Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde for NI Opera was performed at the Beijing Music Festival in October 2012, the Chinese premiere of the piece.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Loesje Sanders Ltd".
  2. ^ "Second Movement website".
  3. ^ "Loesje Sanders Ltd".
  4. ^ "NI Opera website".
  5. ^ "KT Wong Foundation website".
  6. ^ "NI Opera website".
  7. ^ "KT Wong Foundation website".