Has directed several world premiere opera productions (English National Opera, Scottish Opera, La Fenice in Venice, Munich, Bonn Opera, Darmstadt, Ameida etc.) with composers including Henze, Turnage ("Greek"), Schnittke, Nyman, Stewart Copeland, Mac Millan, Muller-Wieland, Von Bose, McQueen, Michael Berkeley. Some of these have been televised for BBC TV and German TV.