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Portrait of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Directing

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Career

Active from 1973 to 2025, with a break from 1990 to 2011, busiest in 1982 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana
GoodWatch score80/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Opera 4
  • Classical Music 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classical Opera 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Staged Production 2
  • Rossini Opera 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Harnoncourt performs Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo” - Opera Great moments in music
Harnoncourt performs Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo” - Opera Great moments in music (2025)

Director

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Wiener Staatsoper Live)
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Wiener Staatsoper Live) (2021)

Director

2010s

4 titles
The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo
The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo (2017)

Set Designer, Production Design

L'Italiana in Algeri
L'Italiana in Algeri (2015)

Director

The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito (2012)

Costume Design, Set Designer

Barenboim plays Mozart
Barenboim plays Mozart (2012)

Director

1980s

14 titles · average score 75
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte (1989)

Production Design, Costume Design

Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto
Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto (1986)

Director, Production Design

L'italiana in Algeri
L'italiana in Algeri (1986)

Director, Production Design

Cardillac
Cardillac (1985)

Director

Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde (1983)

Director

Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut (1983)

Director

Verdi: Rigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto (1982)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute (1982)

Costume Design, Director

Idomeneo
Idomeneo (1982)

Director

La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola (1981)

Production Design, Director

Hommage a Sevilla
Hommage a Sevilla (1981)

Director

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1980)

Set Designer, Director

1970s

9 titles · average score 75
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1979)

Set Designer, Director

Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana (1978)
GoodWatch score 80

Adaptation, Director

L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo (1978)

Set Designer, Stage Director

Henry James Stories
Henry James Stories (1976)

TV show

The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro (1975)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Production Design

Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Puccini's Madama Butterfly (1974)

Director

Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe
Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe (1974)

Director

The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville (1973)

Director

Carmen, la que contaba 16 años
Carmen, la que contaba 16 años (1973)

Costume Design, Production Design