# Having lit up screens in the Oscar-nominated papal drama “Conclave”, British actor Ralph Fiennes is set to make his debut as an opera director in France. The Paris National Opera announced the 62-year-old, who has directed several films including a 2018 biopic about the dance legend Rudolf Nureyev, is set to stage Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at the historic Garnier opera house in January 2026. He played the opera’s title character in a 1999 screen adaptation of the tale of love, rejection and regret by his sister Martha Fiennes.
British actor Ralph Fiennes set to make debut as opera director in France