Wilfred Judd

education

Richard Hale School, Hertford;
St Edmund Hall, Oxford – BA English language & literature;
London Opera Centre – theatre production diploma

posts

currently Partner, JHM – Music, theatre, electronic media
1989-95 Artistic Director, The Garden Venture at the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, contemporary opera
1989-92 Director of Productions, Opera 80/English Touring Opera
1984-94 Staff Director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1979-81 Director of Productions, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, London and UK tours
1978-79 Production Manager, Wexford Opera Festival, Ireland
1976-78 Stage Manager and Assistant Director, Opera for All, UK touring company

productions

1996-2006
MANON, MASSENET. Revival. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Director
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, PUCCINI. Revival. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Director
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – THE CONCERT. JHM. Sydney Opera House, Australia. Concept and production co-ordinator.
EUGENE ONEGIN, TCHAIKOVSKI . British Youth Opera. Sadlers Wells, London, + Edinburgh. Director
THE TUNNEL. Devised with performers. Produced/designed/directed. St George-in-the-East, London
THE OPERA GAME. Multimedia project. JHM for the Royal Opera Company, Covent Garden. Concept.
THE ART OF SINGING. CD-ROM, JHM/Notting Hill. Co-produced, devised, video director.
THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE, RIDHARD DAWKINS. CD-ROM, JHM/Notting Hill. Video director
THE OPERA TRAIL, VARIOUS COMPOSERS/WRITERS. JHM. Prod/dir. Theatre Royal and the town of Bury St Edmunds, UK
PERCY, video biography of MOTLEY designer, Margaret Harris. JHM/Slate 1. producer/director
THE TESTAMENT OF JAMES STEWART, CLAPPERTON. Designed/directed. Oxford Contemporary Music Festival
THE ART OF SINGING. CD-ROM, JHM/Notting Hill. Japanese version. Video/audio localisation producer/director
TELL ME WHEN WE GET THERE, FINNISSY/HAYES-McCOY. Producer/director. Nexus Opera, South Wales
BLOOD KNOT, ATHOL FUGARD. Riverside Studios, London. Director
FIDELIO, BEETHOVEN. Florida Philharmonic, Fort Lauderdale, USA. Concert Drama. Concept, script and director.
TOSCA, PUCCINI. Revival. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Associate director
THE INNER EAR, a concert drama. JHM/Florida Philharmonic, Fort Lauderdale, USA Devised, written and directed.
UNTITLED NOVEL – current writing work in progress

1991-5
PARSIFAL. WAGNER. De Vlaamse Oper, Antwerp, Belgium. Director
OPENERS. Producer. The Garden Venture, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS, WOOLRICH/BARLOW. Produced. TGV, Riverside Studios, London
ECHOES, HAWKINS/HARRIS. Produced/directed. TGV, Riverside Studios, London
THE PANIC, SAWER/GODFREY. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
OUT OF SEASON, GRANT/MAVOR. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
BEYOND MEN AND DREAMS,HOGG/LOMAX. Produced/directed. TGV, Riverside Studios, London
THE DANCER HOTOKE, FOX/FAINLIGHT. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, PUCCINI. New staging. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Director
BIKO, PAINTAL/FAWKES. TGV. Birmingham Rep and Riverside Studios, London
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – THE CONCERT. Bournemouth Sinfonia + QEH, London
MOTLEY THEATRE DESIGN COURSE. Consultant director.
THE EUROPEAN STORY, ALVAREZ/FAINLIGHT. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
ARMS FOR THE MAID, STONEHAM/WHITESON. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
GHOSTS, FITKIN/DONOHUE. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
FOUR FIGURES WITH HARLEQUIN, WALLEN. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
TRAVELS IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, WESTLEY/KEMP. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
THE WHEEL, FERNANDEZ/HAYES McCOY. Produced/directed. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London.
THERESE RAQUIN, FINNISSY/ZOLA. TGV. UK tour/French Institute Theatre, London

1986-90
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN, OFFENBACH . Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
MADAMA BUTTERFLY, PUCCINI. Dublin Grand Opera Company. Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Director
IL TROVATORE, VERDI. New staging. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Director
L’ETOILE, CHABRIER. Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London + Arts Theatre, Cambridge. Director
LA TRAVIATA, VERDI . Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE, MOZART . Revival. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Director
MANON, MASSENET. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Associate director
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER, WAGNER. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, DONIZETTI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LE ROSSIGNOL/L,ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES, STRAVINSKY/RAVEL. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
EUGENE ONEGIN, TCHAIKOVSKI . Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
OPERA SHOWCASE. National Opera Studio, Bloomsbury Theatre, London. Director
CINDERELLA, ROSSINI. Opera 80 (English Touring Opera), UK tour and QEH, London. Director
TOSCA, PUCCINI. New staging. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Director
MACBETHY, VERDI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LE NOZZE DEL FIGARO, MOZART. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
THE KING GOES FORTH TO FRANCE. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE, MOZART. Revival. Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Director
FIDELIO, BEETHOVEN. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LA BOHEME, PUCCINI. Opera East. UK regional tour. Director
THE KNOT GARDEN, TIPPETT. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
EUGENE ONEGIN, TCHAIKOVSKI . New staging. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Director
TOSCA, PUCCINI. revival. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Director
PARSIFAL, WAGNER. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
EUGENE ONEGIN, TCHAIKOVSKI . Opera 80 (English Touring Opera), UK tour and Sadlers Wells Theatre, London. Director
WORDS AND MUSIC. Devised & produced. The Garden Venture/ICA, London
SURVIVAL SONG. PAINTAL/FAWKES. Produced/directed. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London.
SOAP OPERA, CHALMERS/HAYES-McCOY. Produced/directed. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London.
LAST TANGO ON THE NORTH CIRCULAR, WIEGOLD. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
THE MENACED ASSASSIN, JONES/MACDONALD. Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
CAEDMON, LAMBERT/FRY Produced. TGV. Donmar Warehouse, London
WILLIAM TELL, ROSSINI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
THE MERRY WIDOW LEHAR Opera 80 (English Touring Opera), UK tour and Sadlers Wells Theatre, London. Director
THE GARDEN VENTURE AT THE ROYAL COURT. Produced/directed. Royal Court Theatre, London.
THE WALL, BARKER. Modern Music Theatre Troupe. The Place Theatre, London. Director
THE PRIMAL SPOON. WESTLEY & OTHERS. Producer/director. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
ETAIN, MAGUIRE/CAREY. Paragon Opera. New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow. Director

1979-85
DON CARLOS, VERDI. Northern Opera, Theatre Royal, Newcastle. Director
THE BARTERED BRIDE, SMETANA. Chelmsford Opera. Director
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, ROSSINI. Opera for All. UK tour. Director
THROUGH THE WALL, PONIATOWSKI. Intermezzi Opera. London and Edinburgh. Director
ORLANDO, HANDEL. Wexford Festival, Ireland. Director
MACBETH, VERDI. Independent Opera, UK tour. Director
THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. D’Oyly Carte Opera, London and tour. Director
FAUST, GOUNOD. Northern Opera, Theatre Royal, Newcastle. Director
OPERA SCENES. Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London. Director
RUDDIGORE, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. D’Oyly Carte Opera, Sadlers Wells and tour. Director
THE MIKADO, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. D’Oyly Carte Opera, Adelphi Theatre, London and tour. Director
MACBETH, VERDI. Independent Opera, revival, UK tour. Director
LOHENGRIN, WAGNER. Northern Opera, Theatre Royal, Newcastle. Director
DOUBLE BILL, OFFENBACH. Intermezzi Opera. London and Edinburgh. Director
DIE MEISTERSINGER, WAGNER. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
FALSTAFF, VERDI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
HMS PINAFORE, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. Raymond Gubbay Prodns, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Director
THE GONDOLIERS, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Director
THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Director
THE MAGIC FLUTE, MOZART. Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London + Arts Theatre, Cambridge. Director
HMS PINAFORE, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. Revival. Raymond Gubbay Prodns, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Director
THE MIKADO, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Director
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, GILBERT & SULLIVAN. Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Director
A PUDDING FULL OF PLUMS. Devised and written. National Concert Hall, Dublin, and national tour, Ireland.
I CAPULETTI E I MONTECCHI, BELLINI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LULU, BERG. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE, MOZART. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LE ROSSIGNOL/L,ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES, STRAVINSKY/RAVEL. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
DOUBLE BILL, ZEMLINSKY. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
ANDREA CHENIER, GIORDANO. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
TOSCA, PUCCINI. . Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
DON PASQUALE, DONIZETTI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
DIE FLEDERMAUS, OFFENBACH. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
FALSTAFF, VERDI. Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London + Arts Theatre, Cambridge. Director
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE, MOZART. Revival director, Royal Opera House at Olympic Arts Festival, Los Angeles, USA
MANON, MASSENET. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, PUCCINI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LE NOZZE DEL FIGARO, MOZART. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
TURANDOT, PUCCINI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
LUCIA DEL LAMMERMOOR, DONIZETTI. Asst. director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden