Oliver Mears
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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.[1]
Northern Ireland Opera
In 2010 Mears was appointed as the Artistic Director of the newly created Northern Ireland Opera.[3] His productions for them have included The Medium, Tosca, which won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Opera in 2011,[4] and The Turn of the Screw.[3]
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.[4]
In the summer of 2013 he directed The Magic Flute for Nevill Holt Opera,[5] once again pairing up with Nevill Holt's Artistic Director Nicholas Chalmers.
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