Patrick Mailler studied music, drama and dance at the Music Conservatories of Toulouse and Bordeaux in France. He has worked in many theatres throughout the world as director and designer and has served as assistant director to stage directors Pier Luigi Pizzi, Robert Wilson, Sonja Frisell, Jose Luis Castor and the Czech film maker, Jiri Menzel.
In recent seasons, Patrick completed the design of three new productions: Mozart’s Don Giovanni for Minnesota Opera in the United States; Massenet’s Werther for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain; and Bellini’s Sonnambula for Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain. He reprises his full production design of La Sonnambula and directs in Valladolid, Spain, for Teatro Calderón in April 2009 and directs Cosi fan tutte in May 2009.
Patrick has directed and designed sets and costumes for the following productions:
• Le Pauvre Matelot, D. Milhaud Opera Festival di Lugo di Romagna, Italy
• Une Education Manquée, E. Chabrier Opera Festival di Lugo di Romagna, Italy
• Lo Speziale, J. Haydn Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, Spain
• Die Königin von Saba, C. Goldmark Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland
• Gianni Schicchi, G. Puccini for HRH the Prince of Wales, Italian Embassy, London
• Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland
• Le Nozze di Figaro, W.A. Mozart Châteaux de Chantilly, France
• Amphithéâtre de l’Opéra National de Paris-Bastille, France
• Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland
• Queen of Spades, P.I. Tchiakovsky Amphithéâtre de l’Opéra National de Paris-Bastille, France
• The Rake’s Progress, I. Stravinsky Wexford Festival Opera, France
• Die Zauberflöte, W.A. Mozart Amphithéâtre de l’Opéra National de Paris-Bastille, France
• La Fanciulla del West, G. Puccini Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland