Stéphane Lissner

General Manager and Artistic Director of the Teatro alla Scala

Stéphane Lissner was born on 23 January 1953 in Paris.
At the age of 18 he founds his first theatre, the Théâtre Mécanique.

1977
Secretary-General of the Théâtre d'Aubervillier

1978-1983
Co-director of the Centre Dramatique National in Nice

1983-1988
Administrator of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris

1988-1998
General Manager of the Théâtre du Châtelet.

1993-1995
General Director of the Orchestre de Paris

1998-2006
Director of the Festival Intarnational d'Aix-en-Provence

1998-June 2005
Co-director of the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord with Peter Brook

Since 2005
Musical Director of the Wiener FestWochen (Vienna, Austria)

Since May 2005
General Manager and Artistic Director of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

Honours: Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur, Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite