Director

Chris Kelly

Testament

Biography

Chris is a director based in Dublin, working in opera and theatre. In 2023/24, he was a member of the Irish National Opera Studio. With INO, he was assistant director for Rossini's William Tell, Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, Massenet's Werther, Puccini's La bohème, Emma O’Halloran and Mark O’Halloran’s Trade/Mary Motorhead and Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman. For Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, he assisted on Puccini’s La bohème. Other directing credits include Gluck's Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Viardot's Cendrillon (Irish premiere), Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (North Dublin Opera).  For Opera Collective Ireland, he was assistant director for Britten's Owen Wingrave, Raymond Deane's Vagabonds, Handel's Semele and Jonathan Dove's Flight. Theatre credits include Suicide Tuesday (Hugh Hick) with Little Shadow Theatre Company, I Am (GSA). He wrote and co-directed Twenty Minutes From Nowhere with Crave Productions and Bewley’s Café Theatre. 

June 2026