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==Biografia==

Graham was educated at Northaw School ([[Hertfordshire]]),<ref name="Blyth">{{cite news | author=Alan Blyth | title=Colin Graham | url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2053228,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=10 April 2007 | accessdate=2007-04-12}}</ref> Stowe School and [[RADA]]. Early in his career, he began a long association with [[Benjamin Britten]], for whom he directed all but one of the composer's stage works, including all of the world premieres after 1954.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/09/db0901.xml Obituary for Colin Graham, ''Telegraph'', 9 April 2007.]</ref> He became associated with the [[English Opera Group]] in 1953.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/arts/09graham.html Vivien Schweitzer, "Colin Graham, 75, Director of St. Louis Opera Company, Dies." ''New York Times'', 9 April 2007.]</ref> In the 1950s, he also worked for the [[Royal Opera House]], [[Covent Garden]] in London and later at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]] and at the [[English National Opera]] in the 1970s. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Graham was associated with several recordings of [[Gilbert e Sullivan]] operas conducted by Sir [[Malcolm Sargent]] with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and principals including [[George Baker (baritono)|George Baker]]. He enhanced these recordings with movement for the performers that makes the recordings sound more like a live staged performance.<ref>[http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/tbjsarg.htm Information from the G&S Discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620064531/http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/tbjsarg.htm |date=2008-06-20 }}</ref>

Graham made his American debut as a stage director at [[Santa Fe Opera]] in 1974 with his staging of Britten's ''[[Owen Wingrave]]''.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1629548.ece%20 Obituary for Colin Graham, ''The Times'', 9 April 2007.]</ref> Graham later became Director of Productions for [[Opera Theatre of Saint Louis]] (OTSL) in 1978, until 1985, when he became OTSL's Artistic Director. He held this position until his death.