Dalia Ibelhauptaitė
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė is a Lithuanian opera and theatre director and producer, a television producer and former playwright.
Biography
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė was born in Vilnius in 1967, and became a director at the age of 15 when she formed the Young Theatre Company in Lithuania. At the Young Theatre Company, Dalia worked as a director and playwright until 1985 when she became assistant director at the Vilnius State Theatre. She trained at the Russian Drama Academy in Moscow with renowned Russian theatre director Mark Zakharov.In 1990, she directed To Damascus at the Moscow Lencom Theatre. In 1991, Ibelhauptaitė was invited to the Royal National Theatre Studio in London, and directed A Lawsuit as well as doing a series of workshops on Russian classical plays. She has been in London ever since. Ibelhauptaitė has also given masterclasses at National Opera Studio and Royal National Theatre Studio in London, and is a popular teacher in China, Israel, the Netherlands, France, Los Angeles and India.
In 2005 Ibelhauptaitė directed Svejk at The Duke's on 42nd Street, which was her first show in New York. It was nominated for a Drama League award as distinguished production of the year.
In 2006 Dalia with maestro Gintaras Rinkevicius and Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra have founded independent opera company "Bohemians". In 2012 this company became the basis of Vilnius City Opera. Ibelhauptaite works as artistic director and producer of Vilnius City Opera.
In 2011 Ibelhauptaitė has been honoured by President of the Republic of Lithuania who awarded her with the Knight's Cross of the medal "Merits to Lithuania" to celebrate her contribution to culture in Lithuania. In 2021 Dalia was awarded Government Culture and Arts Award.
Ibelhauptaitė married Dexter Fletcher in Westminster, London, in 1997, after the pair met on the set of one of her stage productions in London.
In June 2019 Dexter Fletcher and Dalia Ibelhauptaitė created their film company "DXD Films Ltd.".
Credits
Theatre productions
Walpurgis Night by Erofeyev and Svejk, LondonGamblers by Gogol, London
Mirandolina by Goldoni, London
Promise, London
The Crucible by Miller
The Lower Depths by Gorky
Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare for the Shi-Wa Charity Gala at the Globe Theatre, London.
''Svejk''
Opera productions
Don Giovanni, MozartRigoletto Verdi
Madama Butterfly Puccini
Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky
Don Pasquale Donizetti
"Gambler" Prokofiev
Un Ballo In Maschera Verdi
I Pagliacci Leoncavallo
Showcase
La Forza del Destino G.Verdi
La Bohème Puccini
Die Zauberflöte Mozart
"Werther" Massenet
"Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Sondheim
"XYZ - electronic opera fantasy"
"Onegin" Tchaikovsky
"Katia Kabanova" Janáček
"Manon Lescaut" Puccini
"Cosi fan Tutti" Mozart
"Il Trovatore" Verdi
"Pelleas et Melisande" Debussy
"Tosca" Puccini
"E-Carmen" Bizet/electronic version by M.Adomaitis
"Faust" Gounod
"Samson et Dalila" Saint-Saens
"Queen of Spades" Tchaikovsky
Staged concerts
"Bohemian Dreams""The Return of the Nightingales"
"Arias from the Shower"
Work as producer
"VCO ROCK""Hansel and Gretel" Humperdinck
"Stories from New York"
Short films
Let The Good Times Roll by Dexter Fletcher, starring Bob Hoskins, Ron Cook and Dexter FletcherFeeling Good by Dexter Fletcher, starring Jason Flemyng.