Costume Designer

Set Designer

Prepare to be captivated by the chilling beauty of this dark and suspenseful chamber opera. Set in a remote country house, the tale follows a governess who grapples with supernatural forces threatening her young charges. This haunting tale is brought to life at the historic Dock Street Theatre, a venue lauded by the Wall Street Journal as the “ideal—and all too rare—conditions” for opera performance in the U.S.” Renowned director Rodula Gaitanou, whose 2023 Spoleto production of Vanessa was met with critical acclaim, returns to helm this thrilling new production. François López-Ferrer conducts the talented cast, and the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra.

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The Turn of the Screw

Dock Street Theatre

Lecherous nobleman, Don Giovanni has had infamous exploits (he keeps a catalog). He kills the father of one of his victims and now, his continued debauchery will seal his fate. Who will exact revenge and make him pay the price for his misdeeds?

Don Giovanni

Santa Fe Opera

A countess faces a romantic and artistic dilemma as a composer and poet debate the merits of their artforms and vie for her love. 

Premiered at the height of the Second World War, Strauss’ introspective and poignant final opera contemplates the creation of art, and how theatre and music ultimately mirror the ‘mystery of reality’. 

Capriccio

Susie Sainsbury Theatre

There are worse places to find yourself trapped than Club Amnesia. Here, Alcina – performance artist extraordinaire – captivates the men who swarm around her, bending their minds, and reality, to her will. But when she meets Ruggiero, her heart finally softens. Then Ruggiero’s fiancée – disguised as a man to rescue her lost lover – arrives, and a clash of head and heart threatens to shatter the magic, hedonism, and fantasy of Alcina’s illusions.

Alcina

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Leonore has been waiting for news of her husband for two long years. Rumour has it he is dead; she suspects that he has been secretly imprisoned by a corrupt nobleman. In despair and hope, she takes matters into her own hands, disguising herself as a man and taking a job with the kindly gaoler Rocco. As Fidelio – the faithful one – her hard work earns Rocco’s respect, not to mention the affections of his daughter. Risking everything, can she rescue her husband and reclaim their lost life?

Fidelio

Olivia Fuchs, director of 2025’s five-star The Makropulos Affair, transports Handel’s romantic fantasy to the vibrant, flamboyant, all-intoxicating club scene, joyfully toying with opera’s power and gender dynamics.

Beethoven’s only opera – a remarkable outlier in his expansive body of works – is a triumphant tale of freedom of conscience in the face of oppression, affirming the power of the human spirit to overcome the worst of circumstances.

Costume Designer, Set Designer

Yannis Thavoris

Events

Upcoming events

23 - 27 Nov, 2026

Capriccio · Royal Academy of Music

6 - 27 Feb, 2027

Alcina · Scottish Opera

17 - 26 Feb, 2027

Fidelio · Scottish Opera

25 - 27 Feb, 2027

Alcina · Capital Theatres

Feb 26, 2027

Fidelio · Capital Theatres

Past events

May 30 - Jun 6, 2025

The Turn of the Screw · Spoleto Festival USA

Jun 29 - Aug 23, 2024

Don Giovanni · Santa Fe Opera

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