About
 

Madeleine is a London-based director working in opera and theatre, using the power of music and drama to tell stories that speak directly to our present moment.

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As a director she has worked with London Youth Opera,  St Paul's Opera, Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera, Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She was resident director for Robert Icke's The Doctor for its tour and West End run and was a semi-finalist of the European Opera Directing Prize 2023.  

 

She works regularly as a staff director at the Royal Ballet and Opera, English National Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. She has also worked at Welsh National Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, IF Opera and the Aldeburgh Festival - assisting directors including Richard Jones, Annilese Miskimmon and Olivia Fuchs.  
 

Madeleine has a First in Music from the University of Manchester and graduated with Distinction from an MA in Opera Directing at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She is an associate director with the Lewisham Creative Chorus in her local London borough. She believes that opera should be available to all - not an elite few.