Elisabeth Linton

Swedish director and dramaturg Elisabeth Linton made her Royal Opera debut in the 2016/17 Season as dramaturg for Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, directed by Kasper Holten. Linton was born in Gothenburg. She trained as a stage director at the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance and works as a director of opera, musicals and plays. Opera credits include Der fliegende Holländer (Norrland Opera), Nabucco (Royal Danish Opera), La bohème (Göteborg Opera), Così fan tutte, Tosca, Faust and Eugene Onegin (Danish National Opera; Reumert Prize for Eugene Onegin), Don Giovanni (Bern City Theatre) and Tristan und Isolde (Finnish National Opera). Her work in contemporary opera includes productions of Under the Sky (Royal Danish Opera), The Silvership (Vadstena Academy), The Confess