Luc Bondy

Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 – 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director.

He was the director of the most recent version of Tosca, by Puccini, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

[6][7][8] James Levine, the music director at the Metropolitan Opera likened the production to a 'Hitchcock movie' and the cultural critic for the New York Times, Charles McGrath, felt that the new production was a part of Gelb's mission to transform the Met by emphasizing theatricality.

[9] In an interview after the premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's opera Charlotte Salomon, Bondy was asked whether his being Jewish had anything to do with his having directed the production.

"So I said to her this is a production about a Jewish artist...the subject is the story of Charlotte Salomon" said Bondy, who then walked out on the interviewer.

Bondy in 2013