Joan Font returns to HGO to direct Cinderella, the same production he directed for the company in 2007. Also for the company, Font directed The Barber of Seville (2018, 2011) and The Italian Girl in Algiers (2012). Font is founding director of the Barcelona-based company Els Comediants, for which he has created more than 30 productions internationally. His operatic work began with The Magic Flute (Gran Teatre del Liceu), Orfeo ed Euridice (Perelada Festival), the zarzuela La verbena de la Paloma (Granada Festival), and this production of Cinderella, which has also been presented at La Monnaie in Brussels, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Welsh National Opera, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Omaha, Washington National Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. His production of The Italian Girl in Algiers has been seen in Teatro Real in Madrid, Teatro Comunale of Florence, the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, and Teatre de les Arts in Valencia, and his Barber of Seville has been presented at Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Gran Teatre del Liceu, and Canadian Opera Company. In 2010, Font directed a new production The Magic Flute for the Auditorio de Murcia. Outside opera, Font and Els Comediants have presented special performances for Shanghai’s World Expo and for the celebration of Hanoi’s Millenium (Vietnam). In 2011, Font directed and premiered Persephone in Moscow’s Chekhov Festival, which was later played in Madrid’s Centro Dramático Nacional and Barcelona’s Teatre Lliure. Font has worked on special projects for the Festival d’Avignon and Venice’s Biennale, as well as other projects in Paris, New York, Chicago, Bogotá, Sydney, Tokyo, Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Hannover, Beijing, and other cities.