Johan Simons the Opéra Bastille in 2006 and Mozart's Il Seraglio at the De Nederlandse Opera in 2008. Simons was artistic director of the Münchner Kammerspiele since 2010. He is the director of the Ruhrtriennale from 2015 to 2017. Simon raised concerns by directing a play in Austria called "Die Neger" ("The Negroes") using blackface against protests and accusations of racism in 2015 Johan Simons Johan Simons (born 1 September 1946) is a Dutch theatre director. Simons received his education at the Rotterdam Dance Academy and the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. He also taught directing in Maastricht for a number of
Hélène Lindqvist Theater Ulm. While there, she sang, among others, the parts of Kostanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Ninetta in The Love for Three Oranges, Gilda in Rigoletto, (als steppende) Electress Marie in Der Vogelhändler, Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia, Alcina in Alcina, Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice and also Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar. Meanwhile, as a freelance artist, Lindqvist is in demand, both in Germany and abroad, as a concert and art song singer. Her repertoire reaches from the early Baroque, concerning sacred compositions, through the modern period. This encompasses works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Anton