Joan Font (Spain)

Director 

HGO Appearance: La Cenerentola (premiere, 2007).

About the Artist: Font has directed Faust-Bal and L’italiana in Algeri, both at Teatro Real Madrid. He founded Els Comediants theater group in 1971 and was the driving force behind the creation of La Vinya, the Comediants’ unique artistic center in Canet de Mar, Barcelona. Font has acted as a consultant and artistic director for numerous events, such as the opening and closing ceremonies for the Avignon Festival (France, 1983), the selection of Barcelona as an Olympic city, the presentation of the Barcelona ’92 Olympic mascot and the mascot for the Expo ’92 in Seville, La magia del tiempo (Expo ’92), El foc de la festa, (the ’92 Barcelona Olympic Games closing ceremony), O rapas de papel (Expo ’98, Lisbon), the inauguration of the International Chekhov Theatre Festival in Moscow (Russia, 2003), and the opening ceremony of the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona (2003). He has directed Mozart’s La flauta màgica (Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona) and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurídice (Peralada Festival), the show D’òpera (Gran Teatre del Liceu), the prize-awarding ceremony of the Premios de la música de l’SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores), Bretón’s La verbena de la Paloma (Granada Festival), and Mirzo’s Les mil i una nits.