Born in Caracas, Venezuela. 

Studied fine arts and dance in Barcelona, Spain and München, Germany. 
3-year acting diploma at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.

SKILLS
Fluent in Italian, German, French and Spanish. 
Dance and movement. 

Carlos Wagner has designed set and costumes for four of his own productions

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"La Vie Parisienne"
J. Offenbach

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Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona

"La cabeza del Bautista"
E. Palomar

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Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy

"Los sobrinos del Capitán Grant"
M. F. Caballero

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de Vlaamse Opera
Antwerp, Belgium

"The Rape of Lucretia"
B. Britten

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Korea National Opera
Seoul, Republic of Korea

"Salomé"
R. Strauss/ O.Wilde

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Hessisches Staatstheater
Wiesbaden, Germany

"Don Giovanni"
W.A. Mozart

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The Royal Opera, London, UK

"Powder her Face"
T. Adès

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Oper Leipzig, Germany
Second part of the Schönberg trilogy "Moderne Menschen"

"Die glückliche Hand"
A. Schönberg

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Angers Nantes Opéra, France

"The Rake's Progress"
I. Stravinsky

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Opéra National de Bordeaux, France

"Un Ballo in Maschera"
G.Verdi

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Semperdepot, Vienna Austria
Neue Oper Wien

"Tea"
Tan Dun

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Teatre Romea, Barcelona Spain
world première of a music-theatre piece with electronic music

"Gènesi 3.0"
G.Guix & J. Sanou

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Opéra National de Lorraine

"Eine Florentinische Tragödie"
A. Zemlinsky

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Zomeropera Alden Biesen, Belgium

"La Bohème"
G. Puccini

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Opéra de Montpellier

"Salomé"
R. Strauss/ O.Wilde
A. Mariotte/ O.Wilde

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Oper Halle, Liceu- Barcelona
Festival de Butxaca

"Juana"
E. Palomar/ R. Simpson

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Neue Oper Wien,
Nederlands KamerOper Festival Zwolle

"Orfeo"
C.  Cech/ C. Monteverdi

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Musik der Jahrhunderte
The Festival of Arts and Ideas

"The Phantom Palace"
H. Paredes

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Nationale Reisopera

"Tosca"
G.Puccini

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de Vlaamse Opera
Antwerp, Belgium

"Powder her Face"
T. Adès

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The Opera Group
Buxton Festival

"The Bear"
W. Walton

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Neue Oper Wien
Klangbogen Festival

"The Lighthouse"
P.M. Davies

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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

"La Ronde"
A.Schnitzler

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Devised for Covent Garden Festival  &
Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp

"Had I a Song"
Ivor Gurney retrospective 

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Flanders Opera Studio
( revived in April 2002 )

"The Rape of Lucretia"
B. Britten

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English National Opera Studio
(Devised show based on 'Les Chansons de Bilitis' by Debussy)

"Syrinx"

Translator..........

Camberwell Opera
(German to English)

"Tristan und Isolde"
R. Wagner

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English National Opera
(Italian to English)

"Mefistofele"
A. Boito

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English National Opera Studio.
(devised with R. Chew)       

"Orpheus Frequency"
several composers

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Musica nel Chiostro
Batignano

"Gli Equivoci nel Sembiante"
A. Scarlatti

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Devised  for Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp

"Between Two Worlds"
E.W. Korngold retrospective

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de Singel Anterpen.
World Première

"Le Vere Valkirie" 
B.Bückinx

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Surrey Opera

"Cavalleria Rusticana"/"Pagliacci" 
P. Mascagni / R. Leoncavallo

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Workshop on directing opera
with Ruth Berghaus                    

"Wozzeck"
A. Berg