Louis Erlo

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Louis Jean Marie Camerlo (French: [lwi ʒɑ̃ maʁi kamɛʁlo]; 26 April 1929 – 2 October 2026), professionally known as Louis Erlo, was a French stage director and theatre manager. He was director of the Opéra de Lyon from 1969 to 1995, developing it into one of the leading opera houses of Europe. As director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 1982 to 1996, he was instrumental in the revival of French Baroque opera, beginning his tenure with the scenic world premiere of Rameau's last opera, Les Boréades. He also focused on Mozart, especially the neglected youthful operas, such as Mitridate, re di Ponto and La finta giardiniera. He initiated a complete rebuilding of the open-air theatre, completed in 1985, and then programmed also 20th-century operas including Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stravinsky's The Rake’s Progress, and works by Luciano Berio and Georges Aperghis.

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