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

                                               The Queen of Spades in Cardiff, 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.

                                       

                                       

                                            ll trittico for Opera Zuid 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 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.                                                            

WOZZECK (revival)

‘I haven't the space to do justice to Welsh National Opera's revival of Richard Jones' production of Berg's Wozzeck, but it's stunningly good, and I do urge anyone with a serious interest in opera not to miss it. The staging is arrestingly imaginative and immaculately executed...’

***** The Telegraph

‘The revival director, Benjamin Davis, and the music director, Lothar Koenigs, tenaciously stick to Jones’s template, with pacing and gestures quickly paced, sharply sculptured and darkly witty.’

**** The Times

‘It is a staging that demands to be seen. This season, beans means Wozzeck’

***** The Guardian

‘This production was WNO’s first outing at their new home in Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre in 2005. Then, I thought the performance could hardly be bettered but it turns out that I was wrong: 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’

Seen and Heard, UK Opera Review

                    A SKETCH OF ME DIRECTING HANSEL AND GRETEL FOR PORTLAND OPERA