"Every artistic work is a work of the soul, and regardless of how a script or a libretto is written, it is my task as a director to bring out the truth and the core of each work, with the spirit of all who are a part of each project. Every production is a product of all that realise it".

 

Born 1996 into a non-artistic family, Heather found her way to becoming a (Opera/Musiktheater) Stage Director, Producer and founder of 2 Organisations through her youth education in Piano and Classical Singing, and her experience in the TKGS and NJC choir as a conductor and a president. She is the first Singaporean to receive full formal education as an Opera Stage Director, with an Education of "Musiktheaterregie" at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, under renowned directors such as Beverly Blankenship, Michael Sturminger and Helen Malkowsky.

 

Since 2017, she has been actively involved in assisting and directing stagework and since 2020, filmic works. Her passion to direct has also lead her to forming her own collective "EU Youth Opera" and the organisation "Opera Asia". She has assisted and interned at productions, such as at Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, Neue Oper Wien and notably at Vienna State Opera for "Tristan und Isolde" with Calixto Bieito.

 

From the age of 22, has directed various operatic repertoire such as "Die Zauberflöte", "La Cenerentola", "La Boheme", "Don Pasquale", "Carmen", "Le nozze di Figaro", "Window Shopping", "Pagliacci", "Don Giovanni" and oratorio "Händels the Messiah", Lieder Cycles "Schwanengesang", "Wesendonck Lieder", "Das Buch den hängenden Gärten", "20 songs of the greek people" and Several Self-made Pastiches, across the world, in countries Singapore, China, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Belgium and Greece across festivals, theatres and unconventional locations. Her work is heavily influenced by German and South East Asian Culture.

 

In 2025, she stages "Matildas Liebestod", a performative staged work of Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder and Schönberg's "The Book of the Hanging Gardens" at Staatstheater Augsburg, "Carmen" at das OFF Theater Wien, "Don Giovanni" in Vienna with the TU orchestra, "Don Giovanni" with the KL city opera at KLPAC, and "Butterfly Lovers" at the Chengdu performing Arts center with Sichuan Symphony Orchestra. She also produces 3 political events related to Singapore 60 under Opera Asia in Augsburg, Munich and Bangkok. ​

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Heather's artistic perspective is heavily inspired by culture and people, and aims to take the untaken perspective but natural and to tell stories close to the heart. She also tends to do abstract work.

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Languages: English, German, Chinese, basic Italian, basic Slovene, basic Melayu

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