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Graham Vick

December 01, 2023

Sir Graham Vick (30 December 1953 – 17 July 2021) was an English opera director known for his experimental and revisionist stagings of traditional and modern operas. He worked in many of the world's leading opera houses and was artistic director of the Birmingham Opera Company.

Sir

Graham Vick

CBE
Vick coaches the Birmingham Opera Company chorus during a rehearsal
Born(1953-12-30)30 December 1953
Birkenhead, England
Died17 July 2021(2021-07-17) (aged 67)
London, England
Alma materRoyal Northern College of Music
OccupationOpera director

Life and career edit

Vick was born on 30 December 1953 in Birkenhead, the youngest son of Arnold and Muriel (née Hynes) Vick.[1] He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. At age 24, he directed a production of Gustav Holst's Savitri for the Scottish Opera, and became the company's director of productions in 1984.[2] From 1994 to 2000, Vick was director of productions at Glyndebourne Opera.[1]

In 1987, he founded the Birmingham Opera Company and remained its artistic director.[3][4] Vick's productions with Birmingham Opera included the first UK production of Othello to feature a black tenor in the title role in 2009,[5] and the 2012 world premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's notoriously difficult Mittwoch aus Licht.[1]

Vick died from complications arising from COVID-19 on 17 July 2021, aged 67.[6][7]

Honours and awards edit

In 2005, the National Portrait Gallery, London acquired a portrait of Vick by the photographer Lorentz Gullachsen.[8] Vick was awarded as Knight of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, as Honorary Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham, and as International Chair of Opera at the Royal Northern College of Music. He was also awarded Honorary Membership of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2016.[7] Vick was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours[9] and knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to music and the regions.[10]

Recordings edit

Many of Vick's productions can be seen on DVD including Lulu (Glyndebourne, 2004) Warner Music Vision B000189L10, and Falstaff (Covent Garden, 2001) Opus Arte B00005NUP8.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Sir Graham Vick obituary". The Times. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ Laura Barnett (23 October 2007). "Portrait of the artist: Graham Vick, opera director". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2007.
  3. ^ Graham Vick (20 October 2003). "Enter the fat lady". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2007.
  4. ^ Samantha Ellis (7 April 2003). "Mass production". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2007.
  5. ^ Fiona Maddocks (13 December 2009). "Guardian Review of Othello". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  6. ^ Francisco Salazar (17 July 2021). "Obituary: Leading Opera Director Graham Vick Dies at 67". Operawire.
  7. ^ a b "Covid: Pioneering opera director Sir Graham Vick dies". BBC News. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ "NPG x 127136; Graham Vick - Portrait; National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  9. ^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. p. 8.
  10. ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N2.

Sources edit

  • Millington, Barry, "Vick, Graham" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
  • Jasper Rees, 'La traviata: A Nuremberg-style display of synchronised chair-swivelling', The Daily Telegraph, 25 October 2007
  • Edward Rothstein, 'In New Hall, Echoes of Glyndebourne Old', New York Times, 4 June 1994 [2] 11 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  • Martin Bernheimer, 'Living Dangerously' (Profile of Graham Vick), Opera News, June 2000 [3]
  • Hamilton, Mary. (1990). A-Z of Opera. New York, Oxford, Sydney: Facts On File. p. 212. ISBN 0-8160-2340-9.
  • Sadie, Stanley and John Tyrrell. (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Vol. 26, p. 530. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
  • Warrack, John, and Ewan West. (1996 3rd ed.). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 538. ISBN 0-19-280028-0.

External links edit

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