Lucinda Childs Choreography and Direction for Opera
For more than three decades, Lucinda Childs has brought her distinctive choreographic language to opera, working with leading composers, directors, designers, singers, and companies across Europe and the United States. This chronology traces a body of work that ranges from choreography within landmark productions to productions in which Childs has taken on a larger role in shaping the movement and theatrical world of the opera.
2020–Present
2025 | SATYAGRAHA
October 3, 2025
Music by Philip Glass
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Libretto by Philip Glass & Constance DeJong
Musical Direction by Léo Warynski
Scénographie & Costumes by Bruno de Lavenère
Lighting by David Debrinay
Video by Etienne Guiol
Opéra Nice
Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
2021 | AKHNATEN
November 12, 2021
Revived for Live Audience
Music by Philip Glass
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Bruno de Lavenère
Video by Etienne Guiol
David Michalek for Lucinda Childs as Narrator
Opera de Nice
Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
2020 | AKHNATEN (Film Only)
November 3, 2020
Music by Philip Glass
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Bruno de Lavenère
Video by Etienne Guiol
David Michalek for Lucinda Childs as Narrator
Opera de Nice
Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
2010–2019
2017 | SCYLLA ET GLAUCUS
May 6, 2017
Music by Jean Marie Leclair
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Paris Mexis
Theatre Kiel
Kiel, Germany
2016 | ORFEO ED EURIDICE
May 7, 2016
Music by C.W. Gluck
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Paris Mexis
Theatre Kiel
Kiel, Germany
2014 | ATYS
October 4, 2014
Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Paris Mexis
Theatre Kiel
Kiel, Germany
2014 | DOCTOR ATOMIC
May 2, 2014
Music by John Adams
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Bruno de Lavenère
l’Opera du Rhin
Théâtre National
Strasbourg, France
2013 | ALESSANDRO
May 25, 2013
For Parnassus Arts Production
Music by George Frederich Handel
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Paris Mexis
Hessisches Staatstheater
Wiesbaden, Germany
2012 | FARNACE
May 18, 2012
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Bruno de Lavenère
Théâtre National
Strasbourg, France
2000–2009
2007 | ROSSIGNOL & OEDIPUS REX
March 23, 2007
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor & Costumes by Rudi Sabunghi
Théâtre National
Strasbourg, France
2005 | DOCTOR ATOMIC
October 1, 2005
Music by John Adams
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Direction by Peter Sellars
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco, California
2003 | ORFED ED EURIDICE
November 29, 2003
Music by C.W. Gluck
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Décor by Tobias Hoheisel
Los Angeles Opera
Los Angeles, California
2003 | SEVEN DEADLY SINS
June 26, 2003
Music by Kurt Weill
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Cincinnati Opera
Cincinatti, Ohio
2003 | LA VOIX HUMAINE
June 26, 2003
Music by Henri Poulenc
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Libretto by Jean Cocteau
Cincinnati Opera
Cincinatti, Ohio
2002 | ORFED ED EURIDICE
November 27, 2002
Music by C.W. Gluck
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Scottish Opera
Glasgow, Scotland
2001 | LOHENGRIN
September 15, 2001
Music by Richard Wagner
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Direction by Maximillian Schell
Los Angeles Opera
Los Angeles, California
2001 | WINTERMARCHEN
September 15, 2001
Music by Philippe Boesmans
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Direction by Luc Bondy
La Monnaie
Brussels, Belgium
1992–1999
1999 | MACBETH
August 29, 1999
Music by Guiseppe Verdi
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Direction by Luc Bondy
Royal Theatre
Glasgow, Scotland
1997 | DON CARLO
February 27, 1997
Music by Guiseppe Verdi
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Direction by Luc Bondy
Théâtre de Chatelet
Paris, France
1995 | ZAIDE
September 26, 1995
Music by Amadeus Mozart
Choreography and Direction by Lucinda Childs
Théâtre National
Strasbourg, France
1995 | MOISE ET ARON
October 4, 1995
Music by Arnold Schonberg
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Direction by Peter Stein
Het Musiektheatre
Amsterdam, Holland
1994 | REIGEN
November 12, 1994
Music by Philippe Boesmans
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Direction by Luc Bondy
La Monnaie
Brussels, Belgium
1992 | SALOME: DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS
August 20, 1992
For the Salzburg Festival
Music by Richard Strauss
Choreography by Lucinda Childs
Direction by Luc Bondy
Salzburg Festspiele Haus
Salzburg, Austria