During the 2025-26 season at HGO, James Robinson serves as director of Il trittico and director of a new production of Puts and Campbell’s Silent Night.Previously for HGO, Robinson has directed productions including Nixon in China (2017); the world premiere of A House Without A Christmas Tree (2017); Julius Caesar (2017, 2003); The Abduction from the Seraglio (2017, 2008, 2002); La bohème (2008, 2002); Don Pasquale (2006); the world premiere of Salsipuedes (2004); Turandot (2004); and Lucia di Lammermoor (2003). Before becoming Seattle Opera’s artistic director in 2024, Robinson was artistic director at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he  mounted numerous landmark productions including Ricky Ian Gordon’s This House (world premiere) and 27 (world premiere); Tobias Picker’s Awakenings (world premiere); Terrence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones (world premiere, later presented at the Metropolitan Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago) and Champion (world premiere, later presented at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, and Opéra de Montréal);  and Jack Perla’s Shalimar the Clown (world premiere). His work has also been seen at the Metropolitan Opera, Australian Opera, Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, New York City Opera, the Washington National Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, the Seattle Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, English National Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Minnesota Opera, and Chicago Opera Theater. Robinson is scheduled to direct the American premiere of Tobias Picker’s Lili Elbe at Santa Fe Opera in Summer 2026.