Portrait of Claus Guth

Directing

Claus Guth

Career

Active from 1971 to 2025, with a break from 1972 to 2000, busiest in 2018 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Great Performances
Great Performances
GoodWatch score70/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Classical Music 3
  • Opera 2
  • Visually Striking 2
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles
The Metropolitan Opera: Salome
The Metropolitan Opera: Salome (2025)

Producer, Director

Mitridate, re di Ponto
Mitridate, re di Ponto (2025)

Director

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence) (2024)

Director

Turandot
Turandot (2023)

Director

Czernowin: Heart Chamber
Czernowin: Heart Chamber (2022)

Stage Director

Don Carlo
Don Carlo (2022)

Director

Royal Opera House: Jenůfa
Royal Opera House: Jenůfa (2021)

Director

Violetter Schnee - Staatsoper Berlin
Violetter Schnee - Staatsoper Berlin (2020)

Director, Stage Director

2010s

11 titles
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lucio Silla
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lucio Silla (2018)

Director

Handel: Jephtha
Handel: Jephtha (2018)

Director

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (2018)

Director

Jarrell: Bérénice
Jarrell: Bérénice (2018)

Director

La Bohème - Opéra National de Paris
La Bohème - Opéra National de Paris (2017)

Director, Stage Director

Rodelinda
Rodelinda (2017)

Director

Rigoletto - Opéra National de Paris
Rigoletto - Opéra National de Paris (2016)

Director, Stage Director

Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival
Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival (2015)

Director

Così fan tutte - Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Così fan tutte - Teatro alla Scala di Milano (2014)

Director, Stage Director

Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (2011)

Director

Handel - Messiah
Handel - Messiah (2010)

Director

2000s

6 titles
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Mozart: Così fan tutte (2009)

Director

Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni (2008)

Director

Ariadne auf Naxos - Zurich
Ariadne auf Naxos - Zurich (2008)

Director

Fierrabras
Fierrabras (2007)

Production Design

The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro (2006)

Director

Iphigénie en Tauride
Iphigénie en Tauride (2001)

Director