Matthew Barclay

Matthew directs opera in Australia and overseas, he recently teamed up with designer Hui Chen to create two new productions for Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival in Taiwan - Puccini's La bohème featuring Inna Dukach and Massimo Giordano, and Bizet's Carmen featuring Kirsten Chavez and Riccardo Massi, with Maestro Chih-chin Yang and the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra. He served as Opera Australia’s Senior Resident Director and Dance Supervisor until 2020, directing and choreographing operas in repertoire at the Sydney Opera House and The Arts Centre, Melbourne. For the Hennessy Concert Series in Vietnam he directed a new production of Puccini's La bohème at the Hanoi Opera House, touring a cast of Australian singers. For Places + Spaces / Operasmith & Co. with the Sirius Chamber Ensemble, he d