Director
Rachael Hewer
The Flying DutchmanBiography
Rachael was born in Grimsby, UK and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Rachael has worked at Les Arts (Valencia), Royal Academy of Music (London), English National Opera, Metropolitan Opera (New York), Dutch National Opera, Bergen National Opera (Norway), Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Opera Holland Park, Garsington Opera, Buxton Opera House, Royal College of Music, National Opera Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London’s West End, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre Royal Bath, Soho Theatre as well as extensive television and film work, including BBC, ITV and Sky.
She founded VOPERA - The Virtual Opera Project in 2020, and directed their film of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, which won the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Opera, and the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Opera and Music Theatre. Rachael also won the Special Prize at the IV International Competition for Young Opera Directors in Moscow, 2018. Forthcoming work, both as director and librettist, includes productions at Aldeburgh Festival, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Theatre Basel.
February 2025