Christof Loy is one of the most sought after directors of his generation. His incredibly thought out and finely detailed productions have won him many prizes and awards. He was voted "Director of the Year" by Opernwelt magazine in 2003, 2004 and 2008 (for Così fan tutte in Frankfurt and Die Bassariden/The Bassarids in Munich). His Così fan tutte won him a 2008 "Faust" theatre prize in for best operatic direction and his Tristan und Isolde at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden won a Laurence Olivier Award. A DVD of his Lulu (also at Covent Garden) was nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award. Other productions at Oper Frankfurt were Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Faust, La clemenza di Tito, La finta semplice, Arabella and Simon Boccanegra. Christof Loy also works reguarly for other companies, including the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels and Grand Théâtre in Geneva, as well as at the Glyndebourne, Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg festivals. His most recent productions have included the world premiere of Andrea Scartazzini’s Der Sandmann/The Sandman at Theater Basel and he will direct Bellini’s La straniera at Zurich Opera at the end of this season. He returns to Oper Frankfurt for a new production of Don Giovanni in 2014.