John Wilkie

John Wilkie’s productions have been staged internationally. He is the Artistic Director at New Zealand Festival Opera, is a founding member of Opera Bohemia in his native Scotland, and is a stagecraft tutor at The Aotearoa New Zealand Opera Studio.

His production of Il segreto di Susanna at Opera Holland Park earned a nomination in the ‘Best Production’ category at the 2021 International Opera Awards.

Other directing and revival director credits include: Gianni Schicchi / Dido and Aeneas, Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci, The Cunning Little Vixen, Die Zauberflöte, La traviata (New Zealand Festival Opera), The Bear, Hansel and Gretel (Opera Holland Park), Polifemo (Opéra de Lille), Fedora (If Opera), The Barber of Seville (Waterperry Opera Festival), La Cenerentola (Danish National Opera), Trouble in Tahiti (Den Fynske Opera), Orfeo (Classical Opera), La tragédie de Carmen (Popup Opera), Die Fledermaus (Wilton’s Music Hall), La bohème, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, Eugene Onegin, and The Merry Widow (Opera Bohemia).