Gender equality, Australian content and new projects are her main priorities, as she said in her statements
Cardiff-born opera and musical theater director, Joe Davis has been appointed artistic director of Opera Australia and is the first woman to take on the role in the company’s 66-year history.
The 52-year-old will officially take up her duties in November next year, when she moves to Australia.
ANNOUNCEMENT: After an extensive global search, we’re thrilled to have appointed award-winning director Jo Davies as Artistic Director for our next chapter. pic.twitter.com/KLVdpUWDrh
— Opera Australia (@OperaAustralia) December 19, 2022
The position has been vacant since October, when former artistic director Lyndon Teracini unexpectedly resigned after a 13-year tenure.
Davis has lived and worked primarily in London, New York and Paris during her 20-year career, directing shows in the West End and Broadway and for major international opera companies including London’s Barbican Center for the Performing Arts, the National Opera of Washington, the English National Opera and the Dutch National Opera.
Gender equality, Australian content and new projects are her key priorities, she said in a statement.
“I’m looking forward to collaborating and creating a vision with the people I’ve already met at Opera Australia,” Jo Davies told ABC.
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