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 Welsh National Opera. 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.
Her upcoming projects in 2026/27 include directing Dido and Aeneas (English Touring Opera), working on the development of a new opera by Laura Bowler with the Royal Ballet and Opera Youth Company, directing Così fan tutti (Scottish Opera/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and working as Movement Director on Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest (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 Albert Herring (5* Opera Magazine) and Orphée aux enfers (5* Opera Now) for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Opera Highlights (4* The Herald) for Scottish Opera, The Turn of the Screw (4* Guardian) and Semele and Acis and Galatea (4* The Stage) for Waterperry Opera Festival.
Rebecca works regularly as a Movement Director and Choreographer, recently receiving high praise for work on Rodelinda at Garsington Opera and for The Flying Dutchman at Welsh National Opera. Rebecca’s other 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 has worked as an Assistant and Associate with numerous directors including Sir David McVicar, Netia Jones, John Caird and Rodula Gaitanou. Notable productions include Il Trittico (Scottish Opera), Orfeo (Garsington) and Susanna (RBO).
Rebecca has taught Stagecraft and Movement at the National Opera Studios,Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 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 RBO Jette Parker YA Programme and Britten Pears Arts. Most recently, Rebecca directed Opera Scenes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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 Welsh National Opera. 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 2025, she directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the BBC Proms with Garsington Opera.
Her upcoming projects in 2026/27 include directing Dido and Aeneas (English Touring Opera), working on the development of a new opera by Laura Bowler with the Royal Ballet and Opera Youth Company, directing Così fan tutti (Scottish Opera/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and working as Movement Director on Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest (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 Albert Herring (5* Opera Magazine) and Orphée aux enfers (5* Opera Now) for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Opera Highlights (4* The Herald) for Scottish Opera, The Turn of the Screw (4* Guardian) and Semele and Acis and Galatea (4* The Stage) for Waterperry Opera Festival.
Rebecca works regularly as a Movement Director and Choreographer, recently receiving high praise for work on Rodelinda at Garsington Opera and for The Flying Dutchman at Welsh National Opera. Rebecca’s other 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 has worked as an Assistant and Associate with numerous directors including Sir David McVicar, Netia Jones, John Caird and Rodula Gaitanou. Notable productions include Il Trittico (Scottish Opera), Orfeo (Garsington) and Susanna (RBO).
Rebecca has taught Stagecraft and Movement at the National Opera Studios, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 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 RBO Jette Parker YA Programme and Britten Pears Arts. Most recently, Rebecca directed Opera Scenes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.