Patrice Chéreau obituary
Film, opera and stage director known for La Reine Margot and his Ring cycle at Bayreuth in 1976Unusually for a director, Patrice Chéreau, who has died of lung cancer aged 68, had more or less equally prestigious careers in the theatre, cinema and opera. Although he was internationally known from films such as La Reine Margot (1994) and his groundbreaking production of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle at Bayreuth (1976), …