Matthew Jocelyn (born 1958) is the current artistic and general director of Canadian Stage, the largest not-for-profit theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Prior to his appointment at Canadian Stage, Jocelyn was the artistic and general director of the Atelier du Rhin in Alsace, France for 10 years.
Under his leadership, Jocelyn's was responsible for establishing the organization as a major centre for multidisciplinary arts in France.
He was named Chevalier des Art et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters), by the French Ministry of Culture in July 2008, one of the country’s most prestigious arts honours.
Jocelyn has worked extensively as an arts administrator, producer and director of theatre, dance and opera, as a translator of plays and as an educator.
He created and performed dance-theatre productions in France and Spain.
Jocelyn co-founded the Théâtre de l’Autre Rive in Paris in 1983; and in 1987, he began creating and directing original plays and translations in Canada, France and Switzerland.
In 1991, he directed his own translation of Marivaux’s Infidelities at the University of Toronto.
He opened the Printemps des Comédiens in Montpellier, France in 1992 with his translation of The Atheist’s Tragedy by Cyril Tourneur, the first production of his new company le Théâtre Des-Hérités; and from 1993 to 1995, he directed the Atelier Chekhov in Paris, culminating in a production and nationwide tour of Chekhov’s Three Sisters.
For the following three years, he directed the stage work and assisted in the artistic coordination of Centre de Formation Lyrique of the Paris National Opera, including productions of Cosi fan tutte by Mozart, Carmen by Bizet and La voix humaine by Poulenc.
In 1997, he directed the French premiere of Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Jocelyn directed a number of productions at the Atelier du Rhin, including: the French premieres of his own translations of:
Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Love of the Nightingale and Our Country’s Good
fils nat. by Canadian playwright Graham Smith
l’Annonce faite à Marie by Paul Claudel, which was awarded the Prix du Souffleur for best production in Paris
Macbeth; and
-- the French premiere of his own translation of Scottish playwright David Greig’s The Architect.
In 2006, he was guest director at Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival where he directed Pierre Corneille’s The Liar.
His recent directorial credits include: Le roi Arthus by Ernest Chausson and Die Frau Ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss, both at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, l’Etoile by Emmanuel Chabrier for the Opéra National du Rhin and Lucia di Lamermoor by Donizetti at Oper Frankfurt. Other productions include Julie by Phillippe Boesmans, in Orleans and Paris, and Die Trilgie der Frauen at the Hamburgische Staatsoper.
Jocelyn made his Canadian Stage directorial debut in September 2010 with Fernando Krapp Wrote Me This Letter, followed by Marivaux’s The Game of Love and Chance and most recently THIS by Melissa James Gibson in the 2012-2013 season.
References[edit]
- Jump up ^ Ouzounian, Richard (September 17, 2010). "Matthew Jocelyn: A man of many, many ghosts". Toronto Star.
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