recital. The Swiss composer Michael Jarrell wrote the melodrama Cassandre, after Christa Wolf's novel, for Keller, who performed in the world premiere in 1994. Keller's first production as an opera director was Dialogues des Carmélites for Opéra national du Rhin in 1999. This production subsequently received a semi-staged performance in London that year. She has also directed Lucia di Lammermoor for Washington National Opera and for Los Angeles Opera. Her directorial debut at the Metropolitan Opera was in a 2004 production of Don Giovanni. Theatre Filmography References External links Yahoo! Movies biography of Marthe Keller 1945 births Living people Actors from Basel-Stadt Swiss film actresses Swiss stage actresses Swiss television actresses Swiss opera directors Female opera directors 20th-century Swiss actresses 21st-century Swiss actresses