"Barlow has a conspicuous talent: international opera houses should be knocking at his door"
Edward Seckerson, The Independent, July 2010
"Stephen Barlow has become one of the most talked about opera directors within the last couple of years"
Keith McDonell, What's On Stage, March 2011
Photo by Robert Workman
Stephen Barlow is an Australian born, London based opera director.
He has staged productions for many of the world's leading opera companies including:
- The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- The Metropolitan Opera, New York
- Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Wexford Festival Opera
- San Francisco Opera
- Opéra Monte Carlo
- Singapore Lyric Opera
- Opera Holland Park
- Mid Wales Opera
- British Youth Opera
- Royal Academy of Music
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Current and future projects include directing new productions of:
- Carmen Opera Theater St Louis
- Tosca Santa Fe Opera
- Massenet/Martinu Triple Bill Guildhall
- Rigoletto Chicago Lyric Opera
- La Rondine Metropolitan Opera & Covent Garden