His work in the opera house has included productions of Thomas’ Mignon, Offenbach’s Les Brigands and Delibes’ Lakmé at the Opéra Comique in Paris, Morton Feldman’s Neither at the Berlin Staatsoper and Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman with Les Siècles. His first Cologne opera season includes Berlioz’ Benvenuto Cellini, in a new production by La Fura dels Baus and Mozart’s Don Giovanni.