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He is best known for ''[[The Full Monteverdi (film)|The Full Monteverdi]]'', his acclaimed reworking of [[Monteverdi]]'s Fourth book of Madrigals with [[I Fagiolini]], winning a [[Royal Philharmonic Society]] Award in 2006; it toured widely as a live production, including a run of performances at [[Lincoln Center for Performing Arts]], [[New York]].<ref>http://theater.nytimes.com/2007/07/24/arts/music/24mont.html</ref> This was released in a [[The Full Monteverdi (film)|film]] version in 2007 and has been awarded a Choc du Monde de la Musique.;<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2007/nov/11/matchmakingattheopera</ref> <ref>William Verrone: ''Adaptation and the Avant-Garde: Alternative Perspectives on Adaptation Theory and Practice'' (Bloomsbury, 2011)</ref> La Bouchardière is creative director at Polyphonic Films and recently created ''[[Music Room (TV series)|Music Room]]'', a classical music television series for the cable channel [[Sky Arts]].
 
He returned to [[Lincoln Center for Performing Arts]], New York in July 2013 to direct a controversial reimagining of [[Lera Auerbach]]'s ''a cappella'' opera ''The Blind'' (based on the symbolist play by [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]), for which the audience was blindfolded throughout. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/arts/music/the-blind-lera-auerbachs-opera-confronts-isolation.html</ref> He is scheduled to direct a new production of [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]'s ''[[El Niño (oratorio)|El Niño]]'' for [[Spoleto Festival USA]] in May 2014. <ref>http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/2014-Spoleto-Festival-to-Include-John-Adams-Opera-and-More-20131129</ref>
 
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