Jamie Hayes

BIOGRAPHY

After training at RADA, Jamie graduated as a Stage Manager and subsequently worked for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Bristol Old Vic and the BBC. He became an Assistant Director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Kent Opera and English National Opera and soon began directing productions of his own. He has directed many new opera productions in the UK whilst other new opera productions overseas include Reykjavik, Malta and Melbourne. Jamie was Associate Director on the original production of the hit musical Miss Saigon in the West End and on Broadway. He has directed productions in all the major UK conservatoires and was Director of Productions for British Youth Opera for over a
decade, a company devoted to promoting the talents of the finest young opera singers in the UK. Jamie is a regular enrichment programme lecturer for various leading cruise ship companies. He is married to the mezzo-soprano Jean Rigby and they have three sons.

TALKS

1. The History of Opera
2. The History of Musicals
3. Mozart And His Operas
4. The Three Great Game Changers of 19th Century Opera
5. Gilbert And Sullivan: Their Topsy-Turvy World
6. The Beatles: Here, There And Everywhere
7. Miss Saigon: The Making Of A Musical