Maria Lamont

Maria recently directed Cendrillon by Jules Massenet for the University of Toronto Opera Division at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, and the world première of The Strangers by Frank Pesci for Die Oper Köln. She has directed Don Giovanni, La Bohème and Maria Stuarda for Pacific Opera Victoria, Carmen and Maria Stuarda for Edmonton Opera, Enoch Arden and the Hope Shelter for the Theatre Centre Toronto, and Giiwedin, a First Nations Opera, for Native Earth Theatre Toronto.

Other productions include Gian Carlo Menotti's children's opera The Boy Who Grew Too Fast for the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, in a new Dutch translation - De jongen die te snel groiede.

Maria directed the COVID-19 adaptation of Le Nozze di Figaro for the Dutch National Opera (production by David Bösch) and recently co-directed Operettaland with Steef de Jong for the same company.

Maria is also an experienced assistant and revival director.  She works regularly with Canadian director Robert Carsen, reviving his productions around the world, as well as other acclaimed directors such as Laurent Pelly, Pierre Audi, Olivier Py, and Dmitri Tcherniakov. She has worked for dozens of opera houses including La Scala Milan, Teatro Real Madrid, The Dutch National Opera,  La Monnaie Brussels, Teatro dell'Opera Roma, Theatre an der Wien, Teatro Reggio Torino, National Opéra du Rhin, Opera Vlaanderen, The Canadian Opera Company, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Théatre du Châtelet, The English National Opera, Janáček Festival Brno, Aalto Theatre Essen, Mai Festspiele Wiesbaden,  Opéra de Lille, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Kentucky Opera, Teatro Massimo Palermo, The Royal Danish Theater as well, The Saito Kinen Festival, and the Hyogo Festival in Japan.

Maria Lamont was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Manitoba. She trained as an actor at the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School, and holds a Diploma in Opera Stage Direction from the Opera Division at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.