John studied at Christ’s College, Cambridge and was a fellow on the Clore Leadership Programme. He is the Artistic Director of The Opera Group. Previously in Bregenz, The Shops, by Edward Rushton, an Opera Group Production. Current and recent Productions: The Adventures of Mr Broucek (co-production with Scottish Opera and Opera North), Romeo et Juliette, Hansel and Gretel, Saul and next year, House of the Dead (Opera North); Knight Crew by Julian Philips, libretto Nicky Singer (Glyndebourne Education) World Premiere, filmed by BBC Television as part of three, 3 hour documentaries about the involvement of young people in an opera production. For The Opera Group – The Lions Face, by Elena Langer, libretto, Glyn Maxwell, World Premiere, Brighton Festival and tour; Into The Little Hill, by George Benjamin, Recital 1, by Berio, Aldeburgh Festival, Latitude Festival, Linbury Thetre, Barcelona; in 2009 Into the Little Hill was paired with Down by the Greenwood Side in a UK tour; Paradise List by Luke Bedford, 2011 Tour; Julian Philip’s Varjak Paw, Street Scene, Kurt Weill (Young Vic and tour), The Enchanted Pig (Linbury, Royal Opera, New Victory, New York, Young Vic and tour), Blond Eckbert, The Nose. This September TOG present Human Comedy by the same team as Hair, at the Young Vic. Other productions include Snegurochka and  Susannah (Wexford, Irish Times Best Opera Award); Paradise MoscowEine florentinische Tragödie, Gianni Schicchi, Mavra, (Royal Academy of Music); (Greek National Opera); Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Opera Theatre Company); Girl of Sand (Almeida Opera), Tobias and the Angel (Young Vic and English Touring Opera). Das Portrait will be presented in Kaiserslauten in 2011.