Louisa Proske
The Met Cloisters - Primero Sueño
Above all, this production presents a captivating fusion of music and space. Carefully staged by director Louisa Proske in a meditative, processional style through the atmospheric spaces of the Cloister, Primero… Sueño is as much opera as it is immersive art installation.
The Hangover Report, (01/25/2025)
Glimmerglass Festival - Tosca
Director Louisa Proske clearly had a distinct vision she wanted to convey – and she brought it to life with consistent vibrancy.
Opera Today, (06.08.2025)Opera Hall – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
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Season 25/26 and Highlights
TIROLER FESTSPIELE ERL
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
PREMIERE Dec 27
DEUTSCHE OPER AM RHEIN
Bernstein - On the Town
PREMIERE April 25
AALTO MUSIC THEATRE ESSEN
Penderbayne - UA The Enchanted City
PREMIERE May 31
Biography
Louisa Proske has established herself as a versatile, visionary opera director and artistic director on two continents. After studying English Literature at the University of Cambridge and directing at the Yale School of Drama, she developed a distinctive style that combines musical precision, narrative clarity, and poetic imagery.
In the 2025/26 season, Louisa will direct “Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Tyrolean Festival Erl, bring “Primero Sueño” to the stage for the first time in Mexico City, realize Leonard Bernstein’s “On the Town” at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and is responsible for the world premiere of “The Enchanted City” at the Aalto Theatre Essen.
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As co-founder and former co-artistic director of Heartbeat Opera, she shaped an ensemble described by the New York Times as "small and young, but crucial to the future of the genre" and hailed as "pioneers" by the Wall Street Journal . It was there that her acclaimed works such as " Der Freischütz “, “Don Giovanni”, “Carmen”, “Lucia di Lammermoor”, “Daphnis & Chloé” and “Miss Handel”.
Her recent works include the opening production of “Tosca” for the 50th anniversary of the Glimmerglass Festival, the Handel new productions “Serse” and “Amadigi di Gaula” (openings of the International Handel Festival Halle), “Rusalka” (Regensburg Opera), “Rinaldo” (Detroit Opera & Glimmerglass Festival), Chausson’s “Le Roi Arthus” (Bard SummerScape), the world premiere of “Primero Sueño” (MetLiveArts New York) and the production of “The Mother of Us All”, a historic collaboration between the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Philharmonic and Juilliard Vocal Arts, which was declared the No. 1 classical music highlight of 2020 by the New York Times.
From 2021 to 2024, Louisa Proske was Deputy Artistic Director and Resident Director of the Halle Opera, where she directed, among other works, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, “Gypsy”, “Into the Woods” and “Rigoletto”.
In 2018 she was awarded the Princess Grace Award; in 2024 she was nominated as Director of the Year in the critics' poll of the magazine Opernwelt .
In the field of acting, she directed at venues including the Red Bull Theatre in New York (Webster's The White Devil ), the Barrington Stage Company ( Engagements , Gaslight , This ), the Assembly Theatre Edinburgh, and a European tour of Macbeth. Her production of Jiehae Park's "peerless" earned her a Berkshire Theatre Award nomination.2025/26
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