Director Patrice Chéreau, 68

“The French director of opera, theater and films such as Queen Margot and Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train, died Monday in Paris of lung cancer. He was 68. A screenwriter and actor as well, Chéreau was director of the Th&eacuteâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre, France. His unusual production of Wagner’s Ring cycle] in Bayreuth in 1976 was described as changing the face of modern opera.”