Stephen Barlow

Stephen was born and educated in Melbourne, Australia and has directed over 50 productions for many of the world’s leading opera companies including Santa Fe Opera, the Royal Opera House, The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Glyndebourne Festival, San Francisco Opera, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse and Opéra de Monte Carlo.

His recent work includes the world premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Itch (Opera Holland Park), The Barber of Seville (Santa Fe & Grange Festival), Roméo et Juliette (Estonian National Opera), a new production of The Phantom of the Opera (Bucharest, Oslo, Athens, UAE), La Cenerentola (Grange Festival), Flight (Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park), Così fan tutte (Central City Opera, Colorado), Madama Butterfly (Danish National Opera) and Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi (Hong Kong).

Other productions include Rigoletto (Lyric Opera Chicago, Bucharest National Opera), Tosca (Santa Fe Opera), La Rondine (The Metropolitan Opera, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse), Carmen (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis), La Cour de Célimène (Wexford Festival), Madama Butterfly (Mid Wales Opera) and La traviata (Singapore Lyric Opera).

Stephen has a longstanding relationship with London’s Opera Holland Park where he has staged over ten productions including The Cunning Little Vixen, Tosca, Don Giovanni, La bohème, La Fanciulla del West and Fantastic Mr Fox.