Opera
The latest adventure, where my skills in dramaturgy, music, languages, and artist management coalesce…
I was accepted onto the Jette Parker Program at Covent Garden in 2022 and have since assisted on numerous revivals and new productions. For the Learning & Participation department I directed an original work called Nacht , adapted from The Magic Flute for young audiences.
I am also eagerly anticipating my Linbury Theatre debut in April-Mary 2023 with John Harbison’s rarely performed Full Moon in March.
In 1995 I had my first theatrical experience; I was two, my family was living in Kyrgyzstan, and we attended The Bishkeke National Opera’s production of Madama Butterfly. During ‘Un Bel Di, Vedremo’ I was spellbound. So much so, that during the grand finale as Butterfly kills herself, I was overcome with terror. No one had explained that what happened on the stage was not real. I apparently made quite a scene; I stood on my seat and tearfully begged my mother to intervene.
I didn’t work in opera until 2020; I undertook a training with Katie Mitchell intended to identify theatre directors with transferrable opera skills - my musical literacy and aptitude for languages made me a good fit - which resulted in an assisting job at Covent Garden on the 2021 live stream of Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel.
