Sara Brodie is making her HGO debut as revival director/movement director for Breaking the Waves, having initially served as associate/movement director for Breaking the Waves in 2019 with Scottish Opera. In spring 2024 she served as intimacy director and choreographer for Breaking the Waves at Detroit Opera. She has directed numerous opera productions including Lucia of Lammermoor (2023), Don Giovanni (2021), and La traviata (2022) for Wellington Opera; Don Giovanni (2014) for New Zealand Opera; Ainadamar (2014) for the New Zealand Arts Festival; the premiere of Jenny McLeod’s Hohepa (2012) for New Zealand Opera & the New Zealand Arts Festival; Nixon in China (2016) and The Bone Feeder (2017) for Auckland Arts Festival; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2011) for New Zealand School of Music; and Fatal Desire (2007) for the Asia Pacific Arts Festival. Brodie has a long association with Days Bay Opera, having directed all eight of their productions. In 2019, she was appointed production director for a newly formed opera company in Christchurch, Toi Toi Opera. She founded Stage Left with Sarah Hutchings and Andrew Brettell in order to further pursue interdisciplinary works. Brodie specializes in Laban Movement Analysis for actors. She taught movement and acting at East 15 Acting School in London and was appointed Programme Leader of The New Zealand National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art.
HGO Debut