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Annilese Miskimmon (born 1974) is a Northern Irish-born opera director who has been the artistic director of the English National Opera since 2020.
She was born in 1974 in Bangor, County Down, near Belfast.[1][2] She read English at Christ's College, Cambridge (1992–95), becoming president of the college JCR,[3] where she led a campaign to protect first-year students from older ones.[4] She then went to City University in London, where she studied arts management.[5]
She worked as a producer at Welsh National Opera, and then became artistic director at Ireland's Opera Theatre Company (2004–12), general manager and artistic director of the Danish National Opera (2012–17), and director of opera at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet (2017–20).[5][6] She was appointed artistic director of the English National Opera in October 2019,[5][6] taking up the post in May 2020.[2]
She was elected an honorary fellow of Christ's College in 2024.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Fiona Maddocks (9 October 2016). Annilese Miskimmon: 'From an early age opera helped me escape the Troubles'. The Observer
- ^ a b Tina Campbell (4 April 2021). Annilese Miskimmon: National Opera leading lady 'proud' of NI roots. BBC News Northern Ireland (accessed 20 December 2024)
- ^ a b College News. Christ's College Magazine, pp. 28–29 (2024)
- ^ P. H. S. (2 November 1994). No sex please. The Times (65101), p. 18
- ^ a b c Lanre Bakare (8 October 2019). English National Opera names Annilese Miskimmon as new artistic director. The Guardian
- ^ a b Alex Marshall (8 October 2019). Beleaguered English National Opera Announces New Artistic Director. New York Times