STEPHEN BARLOW - OPERA and THEATRE DIRECTOR
 
"Barlow has a conspicuous talent: international opera houses should be knocking at his door"
Edward Seckerson, The Independent, July 2010


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
  • Singapore Lyric Opera
  • San Francisco Opera
  • Opera Holland Park
  • Opéra Monte Carlo
His recent production of Tosca (pictured above) in London was unanimously praised as a landmark production and described by The Guardian as "the most brilliantly original production of Tosca to be seen in this country for decades".


Current and future projects include directing new productions of:
  • Don Giovanni Opera Holland Park
  • Fantastic Mr Fox European Premiere of Tobias Picker's opera
  • La Bohème British Youth Opera
  • Dialogues des Carmélites GSMD
and revivals of:
  • Roméo et Juliette Covent Garden
  • La Rondine Metropolitan Opera