Nicolas Joel

Nicolas Joel or Joël

He staged Daphne by Richard Strauss at the Vienna State Opera in 2004,

In 2011, the institution recorded an attendance of nearly 800,000, 94.1% and 1.7% higher than in 2010. While standard repertoire was performed, contemporary opera appeared in Bruno Mantovani's opera Akhmatova, Jean-Guillaume Bart's ballet La Source, Alexei Ratmansky's ballet Psyché, which was also shown in New York City, and Wayne McGregor's ballet L'Anatomie de la sensation.

In October 2012, Joel announced that he would not stand for another term, after learning of the Opera's budgetary planning for the coming years. In September 2013, he tendered his resignation, one year early, effective August 2014. He was succeeded by Stéphane Lissner.

Family Joel was the brother of conductor Emmanuel Joel-Hornak. He died on 18 June 2020 in Toulouse.

Awards Joel received the Drama and Music Critics Award for his lyrical productions twice, as well as a Victoire de la Musique in 1996, in the category "Best Lyrical Production" for Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites.

Joel had been a chevalier (knight) of the Legion of Honour since 2004 and became an officer in 2014.