benjamin davis - opera director
Working internationally as a stage director, artistic collaborator and teacher.
Sir John in Love for Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
“a real treat... a major triumph” 5 stars Scotland Herald
La Rondine for RCS in Glasgow
“A Stylish Rondine from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland” 4 stars bachtrack
“this revival brings both the music and the production’s message even more vividly to life... a tribute both to revival director Benjamin Davis and his singer - actors”
Wozzeck for WNO
5 stars Seen and Heard
5 stars The Guardian
5 stars The Telegraph
The Queen of Spades for WNO, Rome, Chicago, Valencia
Driven by the desire to create value in the lives of participants and in society through engagement with the wonderful material and medium of opera.
Gianni Schicchi from ll trittico in the Netherlands.
“Gianni Schicchi, in which the inheritance of a rich man is being redivided accompanied by genial frolicking sounds, turned into a bitter carnivalesque farce in the direction of young Brit Ben Davis.”
De Volkskrant
Promoting humanistic principles, courage, humour and hope through participatory community projects, cross-art form collaborations and tours.
Hansel and Gretel for
Portland Opera, with
comic-book artists.
Les Illuminations with
National Dance
Company Wales,
Welsh National Opera
and Cardiff Bay Art.
Collaborating with industry-leading practitioners, such as Katie Mitchell, on reinventing classics and in the presentation of World Premieres.
Written On Skin for Aix-en-Provence Festival and European tour.
Al gran sole carico d’amore for Salzburg Festival
and Berlin Staatsoper.
“Davis’s pellucidly intelligent direction”
5 stars Opera Britannia
“the most entertaining Cosi fan tutte you’re ever likely to see”
4 stars Buzz Magazine
5 stars Public Review
4 stars The Times
4 stars The Telegraph
Cosi fan tutte for WNO
