If you are looking for a night at the Opera this is your sign!
Melbourne Opera’s production of Il Trovatore opens on 23 August, dedicated to the memory of Dame Joan Sutherland, AC DBE, in celebration of her centenary year.
Suzanne Chaundy is the Executive Director Melbourne Opera
Trained at NIDA as a director, Suzanne is Australia's foremost director of the works of Richard Wagner. Her career spans opera, text-based theatre, special events and outdoor spectacle. Operas directed include Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan tutte, La traviata, Der Freischütz, Werther, Maria Stuarda, Tannhäuser, Anna Bolena , Our Man in Havana, Lohengrin, Roberto Devereux, Tristan und Isolde, Der fliegende Holländer, Norma, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Lucia di Lammermoor and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Suzanne has directed for Melbourne Opera, Lyric Opera of Melbourne, West Australian Opera, Opera Australia, Victorian State Opera, IMG, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, La Mama, Anthill Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company. She is the founder and director of the Richard Divall Emerging Opera Artists Program. Suzanne directed signature productions for Australia’s internationally renowned outdoor performance troupe Strange Fruit. Her Strange Fruit productions have been presented at over 400 festivals and events in Australia, Europe, UK, Asia, Latin America and the USA. Suzanne completed her first Ring Cycle in Bendigo for Melbourne Opera and recently directed Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the UNESCO World Heritage Royal Exhibition Building to huge critical and audience acclaim.
Thank-you Suzanne for sitting with me and sharing.
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