Overview
Emma Jenkins read English at Oxford University and began her career in opera as a staff director for English National Opera. She worked in that capacity on over 20 productions and directed the world premiere of The Country of the Blind by Mark Anthony Turnage. Emma directed Figaro’s Wedding at the inaugural Grange Park Festival in 1998 and has since directed for Pimlico Opera and the Iford Festival.
Recent engagements: Director National Opera Studio Residency; Co-Librettist and Associate Director In Parenthesis (WNO)
Forthcoming engagements: Librettist Jack the Ripper (English National Opera)
National Opera Studio @ WNO Devotion and Desire
The Young Artists of The National Opera Studio and WNO Orchestra perform scenes and excerpts from some of the world’s best-loved operas