Ron Howell studied at the Nottingham Academy of Speech and Drama and concluded his studies at the London School of Contemporary Dance. He is an associate director as well as movement director and choreographer for Birmingham Opera Company and has been an associate director at the Royal Opera House. Opera productions inclulde: The Queen of Spades, Eugen Onegin, Manon Lescaut, The Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni (Glyndebourne Festival); The Marriage of Figaro (English National Opera); Mitridate, re di Ponto, Die Meistersinger, Arianna, The Midsummer Marriage, Falstaff, Tamerlano (Royal Opera House); the Ring, Zaide, Les Boréades, Silas Marner, Vixen Sharp Ears (C.B.T.O.); Falstaff (Welsh National Opera); War and Peace (Kirov); The Queen of Spades  (Chicago); Macbeth, Eugen Onegin (La Scala); Candide (Batignano); Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Moses and Aaron (Metropolitan Opera); King Arthur (Châtelet, Caen, Royal Opera House); Mitridate, re di Ponto (Sydney); Parsifal (Opéra National de Paris); Transformations (St. Louis); Möise et Pharaon (Pesaro); La traviata (Verona, BOC); Les Troyens, Idomeneo, Tamerlano (Florence); Voetsek, Mortal Combat, Don Giovanni, Il ritorno d'Ulisse, Fidelio, Il ballo delle ingrate, Le Sacre du Printemps (BOC), Idomeneo, Otello; Manon Lescaut, Lauriane, the Ring (Lisbon); L'Orfeo (Ravenna); Tannhäuser (Los Angeles/Athen); Sea of Souls (Royal Opera House 2). La Rondine, Manon Lescaut (Venice). Future Works: Die Gezeichneten, Les Noces, Fidelio.