DANIEL SLATER

Daniel is a freelance, multi-award-winning, international opera and theatre director. Over a career spanning more than two decades, he has directed over 80 productions for more than 40 companies in 20 countries on 4 continents. He has collaborated with many of the world’s best creative partners to stage productions that communicate through bold, modern design, clear, exciting story-telling and original, detailed characterisation.

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As a writer, his work includes translations of Don Giovanni and Macbeth and dialogues for many other operas, as well as two plays.

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Born in London, he was educated at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales. He took a 1st-class honours degree in English at Bristol University and received a PhD from Cambridge University for my thesis on the influence of Nietzsche on D.H. Lawrence. A native English speaker, he is also fluent in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.