A versatile and in-demand opera director, assistant director, and revival director, Adam has worked with leading institutions such as Glyndebourne, the Royal Opera House, the Royal Academy of Music, and Guildhall. His directing credits span both full productions and opera scenes, including Tosca and Turandot for Salon Opera and Carmen at the BBC Proms, where he restaged Diane Paulus’ production for the Royal Albert Hall. A skilled leader of cover rehearsals, he has prepared numerous singers for successful stage debuts. He has also worked on major revivals of Don Giovanni, Salome, and La Traviata, bringing a deep understanding of operatic staging, character work, and collaboration with conductors and designers.
Director
Salon Opera Tosca | MAR. 2025
Musical Director Adam Dickson
Royal Academy of Music Opera Scenes | OCT. 2024
Musical Director Chris Hopkins, Lighting Designer Jack Hathaway
Salon Opera Turandot | SEP. 2024
Musical Director Adam Dickson
Glyndebourne at the BBC Proms Carmen, Bizet | AUG. 2024
Restaged Diane Paulus’ production for the Royal Albert Hall
Conductor Anja Bihlmaier
Royal Academy of Music Opera Scenes | JAN. 2024
Musical Director Chris White, Lighting Designer Brett Kasza
Royal Academy of Music Opera Scenes | FEB. 2023
Musical Director Peter Robinson, Lighting Designer Charlie Morgan Jones
Fitzwilliam College Opera Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart | APR. 2022
Musical Director Catherine Groom
Royal Academy of Music Opera Scenes | NOV. 2021
Musical Director Philip Sunderland, Lighting Designer Jake Wiltshire
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera Scenes | JUL. 2021
Musical Director Alexander Ingram
Royal Academy of Music Opera Scenes | NOV. 2020
Musical Director Philip Sunderland, Lighting Designer Jake Wiltshire
Bloomsbury Opera Die Zauberflöte, Mozart | MAR. 2020
Musical Director Nathan Harris
(This production reached the studio run before cancellation due to the pandemic)
St. John’s Waterloo Beyond The Garden, McNeff | JUL. 2019
Workshop of scenes from Stephen McNeff’s opera composed for Susan Bickley
Handel House Pioneer of Panto | DEC. 2017
A site specific promenade performance for Handel House
Magnetic Opera, Edinburgh Fringe The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart | AUG. 2017
Conductor Calum Fraser
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Winter Words, Britten | JAN. 2017
Staged song cycle for James Way and Natalie Burch
Assistant Director
Glyndebourne Festival Opera Carmen, Bizet | MAY. 2024
Director Diane Paulus
Associate Director Laura Attridge
Conductor Robin Ticciati & Anja Bihlmeier
Glyndebourne Autumn Season Don Giovanni, Mozart | OCT. 2023
Revival Director Paul Higgins, Director Mariame Clément, Conductor Stephanie Childress
Glyndebourne Festival Opera Don Giovanni, Mozart | MAY. 2023
Director Mariame Clément, Conductor Evan Rogister
Royal Opera House Salome, Strauss | SEP. 2022
Revival Director Barbara Lluch, Director David McVicar, Conductor Alexander Soddy
Glyndebourne Festival Opera Don Pasquale, Donizetti | JUL. 2022
Revival Director Ian Rutherford, Director Mariame Clement, Conductor Benjamin Glassberg
Royal Opera House La Traviata, Verdi | APR. 2022
Revival Director Barbara Lluch, Director Richard Eyre, Conductor Giacomo Sagripanti
Royal Academy Opera Gianni Schicchi, Puccini & L’Heure Espagnole Ravel | NOV. 2021
Director Stephen Barlow, Conductor Alice Farnham
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera Scenes | MAR. 2021
Director Ashley Dean, Musical Director Stephen Higgins
Royal Academy of Music Opera Scenes | NOV. 2019
Director Victoria Newlyn, Musical Director Phillip Sunderland
Royal Opera House Linbury Phaedra, Henze | MAY. 2019
Director Noa Naamat, Conductor Edmund Whitehead
Royal Opera House La Traviata, Verdi | JAN. 2019
Revival Director Andrew Sinclair, Director Richard Eyre, Conductor Antonello Manacorda
West Green House La Cenerentola, Rossini | JUL. 2019
Director Victoria Newlyn, Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera Makers | JUL. 2019
Director Ashley Dean, Conductor Dominic Wheeler
Guildhall School of Music & Drama A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Britten | FEB. 2019
Director Martin Loyd-Evans, Conductor Dominic Wheeler
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera Scenes | NOV. 2018
Director Martin LLoyd-Evans, Musical Director Elizabeth Rowe
Classical Opera La Finta Semplice, Mozart | JUN. 2018
Performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Director/Conductor Ian Page
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Radamisto, Handel | MAY. 2017
Director John Ramster, Conductor Chad Matthias Kelly
West Green House Cosi fan Tutte, Mozart | JUL. 2016
Director Victoria Newlyn, Conductor Tim Murray
Education
Opera Director Fellow
Guildhall School Of Music & Drama 2018 - 2019
Vocal Fellow
Guildhall School Of Music & Drama 2016 - 2017
PGDip Opera
Flanders Opera Studio 2012 - 2013
MMus
Guildhall School Of Music & Drama 2008 - 2010
BMus
Guildhall School Of Music & Drama 2004 - 2008