Miriam Gordon-Stewart, soprano & director
2024 Season: Director YAPs, librettist and director Mall in America
Gordon-Stewart is VHO’s resident stage director, and originator of the Motif rehearsal methodology. Her productions of Sympathy, The Forgotten, Armida, Fat Pig, Orpheus & Erica, the short film Top Job and the full-length documentary film UNSUNG have been described as “fearless art”, and “The most phenomenal sensory experience.” Gordon-Stewart created the libretti for Fat Pig and Orpheus & Erica.
A genuine singer-actress, she has performed leading roles at major opera houses including the Sydney Opera House, Hamburg State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Châtelet (Paris), Korean National Opera and the Bayreuth Festival. She has also performed in concert with the Dresden Philharmonic, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lisbon and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.