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Lee Blakeley was born in Yorkshire, England and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Glasgow University.
His productions include LE NOZZE DI FIGARO for British Youth Opera at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, LA CALISTO at the Royal Scottish Academy; and projects for Opera North, for the English National / National Opera Studios and at the Coliseum; Handel's CLORI, TIRSI E FILENO in London's Heaven nightclub as part of the 2001 Covent Garden Festival .
Productions in 2003/04 include work with David McVicar at the Royal Opera House, at Glyndebourne and he revived CARMEN in Tenerife. He re-staged MANON for Houston Grand Opera and LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN for de Vlaamse Opera.
In 2005 he directed revivals of DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE at the Royal Opera House and FAUST in Monte Carlo, Lille and Trieste. The year ended with a new production of Judith Weir's THE VANISHING BRIDEGROOM for the Royal Scottish Academy.
The new 2005/06 season began with DON GIOVANNI for the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Further productions this season include DIE LUSTIGE WITWE for De Vlaamse Opera in 2006 and the British premiere of Tobias Picker's THERESE RAQUIN at the Linbury Theatre London given by Lee's new company Opera Theatre Europe.
He has directed DIE FLEDERMAUS for Scottish Opera Go Round and A TURN OF THE SCREW in Macedonia. He was Associate Director of AGRIPPINA for the English National Opera.
He directed RUSALKA for Wexford Summer Festival in 2007 and in 2008 a new production of A NIGHT AT THE CHINESE OPERA (Judith Weir) for Scottish Opera
Future new productions include LOVE OF THREE ORANGES for RSAMD and Scottish Opera in 2009, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC for the Chatalet, Paris and MADAME BUTTERFLY for Santa Fe Opera in 2010.
Lee Blakeley was awarded a 2007 Churchill Travelling Fellowship to study artist development and philanthropy in the USA.
Website: www.leeblakeley.com
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