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'''Colin Graham''' [[OBE]] (22 September 1931 in [[Hove]], England – 6 April 2007 in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]) was a stage director of opera, theatre, and television.

==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 and Sullivan]] operas conducted by Sir [[Malcolm Sargent]] with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and principals including [[George Baker (record singer)|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>

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Graham directed the world premieres of [[John Corigliano]]'s opera, ''[[The Ghosts of Versailles]]'', for the [[Metropolitan Opera]]; ''[[The Dangerous Liaisons]]'' and André Previn's ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (opera)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' for [[San Francisco Opera]]; ''The Song of Majnun'' for [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]]; and a series of three operas by [[Miki Minoru]]. In addition, he directed productions for the [[Santa Fe Opera]], notably [[Bright Sheng]]'s ''Madame Mao'' in 2003, continuing his association with general director [[Richard Gaddes]], which had begun during the latter's tenure at OTSL. Collectively, he directed 55 world premieres of operas.<ref>[http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6288.html Matthew Westphal, "Colin Graham, Opera Director and Head of Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Dies at 75". ''Playbill Arts'', 9 April 2007.]</ref>

==Librettista==

Graham also wrote libretti for several operas, including:

* [[Benjamin Britten]], ''The Golden Vanity''

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* [[David Carlson]], ''[[Anna Karenina (American opera)|Anna Karenina]]'', 2007

==La svolta religiosa==

In the US, Graham studied theology and became a minister in 1987, and ultimately took US citizenship.<ref>{{cite news | author=[[Elizabeth Forbes (musicologist)|Elizabeth Forbes]] | title=Colin Graham | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/colin-graham-444147.html | work=The Independent | date=11 April 2007 | accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref> He received the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 2002.<ref name="Blyth"/> At the time of his death, Graham was at work on the premiere production of ''Anna Karenina'' for [[Florida Grand Opera]] and OTSL.<ref>Sarah Bryan Miller, "Colin Graham, Opera Theatre's artistic director, dies". ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', 6 April 2007.</ref> He left no survivors.