British director, producer, coach and educator Elaine Kidd became Head of the Jette Parker Artists Programme during the 2017/18 Season. For the Royal Opera she has revived productions including Die Meistersinger von Nüremberg, Hansel and Gretel, La Fille du Régiment, Eugene Onegin, L’Heure espagnole, Gianni Schicchi, and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and been Associate Director for Boris

Godunov and La bohème.

Kidd studied Modern Languages at Oxford University and trained in movement and devising. She worked as a theatre director before moving into opera. As Head of Staff Directors for The Royal Opera (2007-10), she worked alongside Richard Jones, Laurent Pelly and Graham Vick among others, and revived Royal Opera productions overseas including Don Carlo in Oslo, Boris Godunov in Berlin, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for La Scala, Milan, La Fille du Régiment in Barcelona and Manon in Tokyo. She was Director of Artistic Planning for Scottish Opera (2011-16), leading on casting, scheduling and advising on repertory and creative teams. She has more than twenty years of experience of fostering young artists and igniting a passion for opera through many community and education projects, and work in conservatories, summer schools and for training organisations such

as the National Opera Studio and British Youth Opera.

Kidd’s own productions include La bohème and La traviata (Opera Holland Park), Così fan tutte and Eugene Onegin (Diva Opera), Peter Grimes (Scottish Opera) La Scala di seta and The Rape of Lucretia (Opera Europe), Banished, Into the Woods and Mahagonny Songspiel (Trinity Laban) and Le Docteur Miracle (Festival Les Azuriales).British director, producer, coach and educator Elaine Kidd became Head of the Jette Parker Artists Programme during the 2017/18 Season. For the Royal Opera she has revived productions including Die Meistersinger von Nüremberg, Hansel and Gretel, La Fille du Régiment, Eugene Onegin, L’Heure espagnole, Gianni Schicchi, and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and been Associate Director for Boris Godunov and La bohème.

Kidd studied Modern Languages at Oxford University and trained in movement and devising. She worked as a theatre director before moving into opera. As Head of Staff Directors for The Royal Opera (2007-10), she worked alongside Richard Jones, Laurent Pelly and Graham Vick among others, and revived Royal Opera productions overseas including Don Carlo in Oslo, Boris Godunov in Berlin, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for La Scala, Milan, La Fille du Régiment in Barcelona and Manon in Tokyo. She was Director of Artistic Planning for Scottish Opera (2011-16), leading on casting, scheduling and advising on repertory and creative teams. She has more than twenty years of experience of fostering young artists and igniting a passion for opera through many community and education projects, and work in conservatories, summer schools and for training organisations such as the National Opera Studio and British Youth Opera.

Kidd’s own productions include La bohème and La traviata (Opera Holland Park), Così fan tutte and Eugene Onegin (Diva Opera), Peter Grimes (Scottish Opera) La Scala di seta and The Rape of Lucretia (Opera Europe), Banished, Into the Woods and Mahagonny Songspiel (Trinity Laban) and Le Docteur Miracle (Festival Les Azuriales).