Bence Kalo
Opera & Theatre Director, Movement Director
Current and past productions
Directing:
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RWCMD Opera Scenes - GET TICKETS
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama / 2024
Postgraduate Opera Scenes
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama / 2024
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel
Opera Holland Park - Young Artist Scheme / 2023
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Postgraduate Opera Scenes
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama / 2023
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George Frederic Händel: Acis & Galatea
Dorset Opera Festival / 2021
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Magdalena Krohn: Rootlost
Etcetera Theatre & Applecart Arts – Voilà! Europe Festival / 2017
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Caroline Buckley: Grab ‘Em By The Pussy
York Theatre Royal- Takeover Festival & The Monkey House – Camden Fringe & The Space / 2017
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Hanoch Levin: Ya’akobi & Leidental
The Cameri Theatre (Tel Aviv, Israel) & Etcetera Theatre – Camden Fringe / 2016
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Mel Atkey: The Last Queen of Paradise
Tristan Bates Theatre – Going For Gold Festival / 2016
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Laura Wyatt O’Keefe: Jean
Theatre N16 – DRAFT 3 / 2016
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Christopher Fairall & Sophie Jones: Down the Tracks
tour (various venues in & around London) / 2016
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Václav Havel: The Memorandum
University of Kent – Lumley Studio & The Gulbenkian / 2015
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Joanna Owsianko: Tiramisu
Gólya & Eötvös10 Community & Cultural Centre (Budapest, Hungary) / 2014
Movement Directing & Assisting:
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR The Merry Widow - Scottish Opera & Opera Holland Park / 2025 - GET TICKETS (Scottish Opera) & GET TICKETS (Opera Holland Park)
director: John Savournin / conductor: Stuart Stratford
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR The Barber of Seville - Opera Holland Park / 2024
director: Cecilia Stinton / conductor: Charlotte Corderoy
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Manon Lescaut - Dorsert Opera Festival / 2022
director: Christopher Cowell / conductor: José Miguel Esandi
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Carmen - Opera Holland Park / 2022
director: Cecilia Stinton / conductor: Lee Reynolds
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MOVEMENT DIRECTOR & CO-CREATOR A Dozen Things I Would Rather Be - Streatham Space Project / 2022
Co-Creator: Nick Ishmael-Perkins
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Così fan tutte - Dorsert Opera Festival / 2021
director: Christopher Cowell / conductor: José Miguel Esandi
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR La Nozze di Figaro - Opera Holland Park / 2021
director: Oliver Platt / conductor: George Jackson
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SHADOWING DIRECTOR The Phantom of the Opera - Her Majesty’s Theatre / 2019
resident director Mark Hedges
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Nabucco - Dorset Oper Festival / 2019
director: Peter Relton / conductor: Jeremy Carnall
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR La bohème - Dorset Opera Festival / 2018
director: Peter Relton / conductor: Peter Robinson
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OBSERVER/SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Così fan tutte - Opera Holland Park / 2018
director Oliver Platt / conductor: Dane Lam
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OBSERVERSHIP Rigoletto - Royal Opera House / 2017
revival director: Justin Way / conductor: Alexander Joel
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Desperate Measures - The Marlowe Theatre / 2015
director: Andrew Dawson