ABOUT REBECCA
Rebecca Meltzer works in Opera as a Director, Movement Director, Choreographer and Teacher. She is co-founder of the Waterperry Opera Festival and now runs its acclaimed Young Artist Programme for aspiring singers and directors. She has worked with numerous companies across the UK and internationally including the Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera and Theatre St Gallen. Her highly acclaimed 2018 production of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park (5* Telegraph/Bachtrack) has been revived multiple times, most recently by New Zealand Opera. In 2024, she directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the BBC Proms with Garsington Opera.
Rebecca’s work is built upon her background as an interdisciplinary artist. She studied Music at Durham University followed by a MA in Movement: Directing and Teaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Most recently, she took part in Gecko Theatre's professional development programme for movement professionals. Rebecca also works as a landscape painter, having exhibited work with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Southwest Academy of Fine Art.
As a Director, Rebecca strives for focused, honest storytelling with a physically driven agenda. Her recent productions include Opera Highlights (4* The Herald) for Scottish Opera, The Turn of the Screw (4* Guardian) and Acis and Galatea (4* The Stage) for Waterperry Opera Festival. In 2025, she will direct Albert Herring at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, two newly commissioned Opera Shorts for Buxton International Festival, and Semele with Waterperry Opera Festival and Opera Holland Park.
Rebecca has worked as an Assistant and Associate with various directors including Sir David McVicar, Netia Jones, John Caird and Rodula Gaitanou. Notable productions include Il Trittico (Scottish Opera), Orfeo (Garsington) and Susanna (ROH). Rebecca’s credits as a Movement Director and Choreographer include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Garsington), Andrea Chénier (Theatre St Galen), Vanessa (Spoletto Festival), Mala Vita & L’oracollo (Wexford) and L’elisir d’amore (Dorset Opera).
Rebecca teaches Stagecraft at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and has previously taught at The Royal Academy of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, British Youth Opera and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2023 Rebecca was the movement coach on the inaugural ‘Conductor as Dramaturg’ course run by the ROH Jette Parker YA Programme and Britten Pears Arts.
ABOUT REBECCA
Rebecca Meltzer works in Opera as a Director, Movement Director, Choreographer and Teacher. She is co-founder of the Waterperry Opera Festival and now runs its acclaimed Young Artist Programme for aspiring singers and directors. She has worked with numerous companies across the UK and internationally including the Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera and Theatre St Gallen. Her highly acclaimed 2018 production of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park (5* Telegraph/Bachtrack) has been revived multiple times, most recently by New Zealand Opera. In 2024, she directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the BBC Proms with Garsington Opera.
Rebecca’s work is built upon her background as an interdisciplinary artist. She studied Music at Durham University followed by a MA in Movement: Directing and Teaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Most recently, she took part in Gecko Theatre's professional development programme for movement professionals. Rebecca also works as a landscape painter, having exhibited work with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Southwest Academy of Fine Art.
As a Director, Rebecca strives for focused, honest storytelling with a physically driven agenda. Her recent productions include Opera Highlights (4* The Herald) for Scottish Opera, The Turn of the Screw (4* Guardian) and Acis and Galatea (4* The Stage) for Waterperry Opera Festival. In 2025, she will direct Albert Herring at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, two newly commissioned Opera Shorts for Buxton International Festival, and Semele with Waterperry Opera Festival and Opera Holland Park.
Rebecca has worked as an Assistant and Associate with various directors including Sir David McVicar, Netia Jones, John Caird and Rodula Gaitanou. Notable productions include Il Trittico (Scottish Opera), Orfeo (Garsington) and Susanna (ROH). Rebecca’s credits as a Movement Director and Choreographer include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Garsington), Andrea Chénier (Theatre St Galen), Vanessa (Spoletto Festival), Mala Vita & L’oracollo (Wexford) and L’elisir d’amore (Dorset Opera).
Rebecca teaches Stagecraft at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and has previously taught at The Royal Academy of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, British Youth Opera and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2023 Rebecca was the movement coach on the inaugural ‘Conductor as Dramaturg’ course run by the ROH Jette Parker YA Programme and Britten Pears Arts.