Full Name
Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol
Job Title
Director
Speaker Bio
Mathilda is a British director who works internationally across opera, theatre and film. This season she will direct Exils for Montpellier Opera, and three new operas Orlando, Cecile, and Oracle for Neue Oper Fribourg and Slovenian Chamber Music Theater. She also has upcoming productions in France and Germany.
Mathilda was the Jette Parker Stage Director for The Royal Opera during the 2022/23 season. Directing credits include: Antonio (Neue Oper Fribourg), Arminio, Handel, (The Royal Opera, Linbury Theatre, La Boheme (Nevill Holt Opera), Arianna a Naxos (The Royal Opera), Panic (Montpellier Opera), and the 20th Anniversary staged summer celebration scenes on the mainstage of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
She studied at the University of Manchester where she graduated with a first class Music degree, and was awarded the Hargreaves composition prize as well as the prize for academic achievement. Mathilda also writes music for theatre and film. She has recently written a new contemporary dance piece 'Mentiras - Lies' with choreographer Miguel Altunaga (The Place, London.)
Mathilda has been an assistant director to Richard Jones on a number of his productions, with ENO, ROH and on his film Rumpelstiltskin, as well as with directors including Damiano Michieletto, David McVicar, Oliver Mears, John Fulljames and Tim Carroll. She was also formerly Assistant Producer for The Royal Opera.
Mathilda was the Jette Parker Stage Director for The Royal Opera during the 2022/23 season. Directing credits include: Antonio (Neue Oper Fribourg), Arminio, Handel, (The Royal Opera, Linbury Theatre, La Boheme (Nevill Holt Opera), Arianna a Naxos (The Royal Opera), Panic (Montpellier Opera), and the 20th Anniversary staged summer celebration scenes on the mainstage of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
She studied at the University of Manchester where she graduated with a first class Music degree, and was awarded the Hargreaves composition prize as well as the prize for academic achievement. Mathilda also writes music for theatre and film. She has recently written a new contemporary dance piece 'Mentiras - Lies' with choreographer Miguel Altunaga (The Place, London.)
Mathilda has been an assistant director to Richard Jones on a number of his productions, with ENO, ROH and on his film Rumpelstiltskin, as well as with directors including Damiano Michieletto, David McVicar, Oliver Mears, John Fulljames and Tim Carroll. She was also formerly Assistant Producer for The Royal Opera.
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