John Savournin

I'm a director and librettist, currently working primarily in opera, musical theatre and pantomime. I am equally passionate about creating new productions for the stage and outreach projects that may generate new audiences, and I have enjoyed creating productions/projects for a range of national, regional and off-west end companies. I'm the Artistic Director of Charles Court Opera, the Education Manager for the Concordia Foundation, and I'm also a freelance opera singer.

Credits

DIRECTOR/WRITER, Beowulf, an epic panto, Charles Court Opera and King's Head Theatre, 2021
DIRECTOR, The Mikado, Charles Court Opera, 2021
DIRECTOR, The Pirates of Penzance, Opera Holland Park, 5 performances, 2021
DIRECTOR/WRITER, Cinderella (filmed outreach adaptation) Opera North 2020
DIRECTOR, Iolanthe, Charles Court Opera/King's Head Theatre, 5 weeks, 2020
DIRECTOR/WRITER, The Marriage of Figaro (outreach adaptation), Opera North, 2020
DIRECTOR/WRITER, The Nativity Panto, CCO/King's Head Theatre, 7 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR/WRITER, The Man in the Moon: There's no Planet B? (new work), Concordia Foundation Young Audiences Project, 2019
DIRECTOR/WRITER, La Cenerentola & The Magic Flute (Outreach adaptations), Royal Opera House, 2019
DIRECTOR, The Gondoliers, National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, 10 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, HMS Pinafore, CCO/King's Head Theatre, 5 weeks + touring, 2019
DIRECTOR/WRITER, What is Opera? (Outreach project), Opera North, 2019
DIRECTOR/WRITER, The Magic Flute (Outreach adaptation), Opera North & CBBC, 2018
DIRECTOR/WRITER, Buttons - A Cinderella Panto, CCO/King's Head Theatre, 7 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, The Sorcerer, National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, 10 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, The Mikado, CCO/King's Head Theatre, 5 weeks + touring, 2018
WRITER, Pirates 'revisited', Opera North Youth Chorus, 2018
DIRECTOR/WRITER, King Tut - An Egypt panto, CCO/King's Head Theatre, 7 weeks, 2017
DIRECTOR/Trial by Jury, Opera North, 9 performances, 2017
DIRECTOR, The Barber of Seville, CCO/Iford Arts Festival, 7 performances, 2017
DIRECTOR/WRITER, The Magic Flute, CCO/Iford Arts Festival, 7 performances, 2016
DIRECTOR/WRITER, The Pirates of Penzance (Outreach adaptation), Opera Holland Park Inspire Programme, 2016