sentences:  In Sydney, he won the 1977 Australian Critics'Award for his production of "The Lower Depths".In 1974 he made his American debut at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., as director and designer with "Leonce and Lena".In 1980 he directed and created sets for the Shostakovich opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" at the Spoleto Festival in Italy