Carlos Wagner

was born and brought up in Caracas, Venezuela. 

He studied fine arts and dance in Barcelona, Spain and München, Germany. At the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, he completed a three-year acting diploma. 

Recent productions include:

"Gianni Schicchi & L'heure Espagnole" by G. Puccini & M. Ravel Opera of Wiesbaden,"La Vie Parisienne" by J. Offenbach for Opéra National de Lorraine. "La Cabeza del Bautista" world première by Enric Palomar Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, The Zarzuela "Los sobrinos del Capitán Grant" Opera National de Lorraine, "Don Giovanni" Opera of Wiesbaden, "Powder her Face" by Tom Adès  The Royal Opera House, London, "Die Glückliche Hand" by A. Schönberg, Oper Leipzig, Germany, "The Rake's Progress" Angers Nantes Opéra, France, "Un Ballo in Maschera" Opéra National de Bordeaux, France, "Tea a Mirror of Soul"  Neue Oper Wien, Vienna, "Gènesi 3.0" a new music theatre piece Teatre Romea, Barcelona, "Eine Florentinische Tragödie" Opéra National de Lorraine, France, "La Bohème" Zomeropera, Belgium, A double-"Salomé": by R. Strauss and A. Mariotte Opéra de Montpellier, France, "Juana" world première by E. Palomar Opera Halle Germany &  Liceu, Festival de Butxaca, Barcelona, a contemporary re-working of Monteverdi's "Orfeo" by Christoph Cech Neue Oper Wien, Austria, "The Phantom Palace" world première by H. Paredes The Festival of Arts and Ideas Connecticut/ Musik der Jahrhunderte Stuttgart,"Tosca" Nationale Reisopera, Holland, "The Bear" The Opera Group, Buxton Festival, "The Lighthouse" Neue Oper Wien, Austria, "La Ronde" RADA, London, "The Rape of Lucretia" de Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, "Gli Equivoci Nel Sembiante" Musica nel Chiostro, Batignano, "Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci" Surrey Opera, UK. He was also commissioned to devise and direct: "Had I a Song" a retrospective on the life of Ivor Gurney Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp, "Orpheus Frequency" and "Syrinx"  ENO Studio London and  "Between Two Worlds" - a retrospective on the life of E.W. Korngold - Covent Garden Festival/Muziektheater Transparant . He also directed "Wozzek" in a masterclass with Ruth Berghaus Berlin.

Being fluent in German, Italian, Spanish, French and English he has also been commissioned to write singing translations of "Tristan und Isolde" by R. Wagner and "Mefistofele" by A. Boito for English National Opera.

Future events include:. Revival of "Powder her Face" by Tom Adès, The Royal Opera House, London: April / May 2010. "Carmen" by G. Bizet, co-production Opéra Théâtre de Metz & Opéra National de Lorraine  December/January 2010/2011. "The Fall of the House of Usher" Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich / March 2011. "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by G. Rossini, Landestheater Coburg, Germany, July 2011. Revival of "The Rape of Lucretia" by Benjamin Britten, Angers Nantes Opéra, France January 2011