Rebecca Meltzer

CO- DIRECTOR OF YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAMME

Rebecca Meltzer is one of the founding directors of the Waterperry Opera Festival and now runs their acclaimed Young Artist Programme alongside Ashley Beauchamp (Head of Music). As an Opera Director, Movement Director and Choreographer her work is celebrated for its honest storytelling and physically driven agenda. She has worked with companies across the UK and internationally including the Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera, Opera Holland Park, Buxton International Festival, Wexford Festival and New Zealand Opera. Notable credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (BBC Proms/Garsington), Andrea Chénier (Theatre St Galen), Vanessa (Spoletto Festival) and Mala Vita & L’oracollo (Wexford Festival). For WOF she has directed The Turn of the Screw, Svadba, Ariel, Hansel and Gretel and Mansfield Park. Alongside her work as an opera creative, Rebecca is a passionate educator having taught in conservatoires across the UK. She is also an avid landscape painter and recently exhibited work with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the Mall Galleries in London.