Floris Visser

Floris Visser (35) has rapidly gained international recognition as one of the leading talents of the next generation of opera directors. Various of the world’s leading opera institutions are engaging or closely following him. Future highlights include Juditha Triumphans (Vivaldi) at Dutch National Opera, Manon (Massenet) at Opernhaus Zürich, and Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Floris Visser is combining his international opera activities with being Artistic Director of Opera Trionfo. He launched a 4-year partnership for a series of newly composed operas called 'Sign of the Times' in co-production with Dutch National Opera and the world renowned Asko|Schoenberg Ensemble. The first episode ‘Fortress Europe’ was a tremendous success. In addition, Opera Trionfo is