PJ Harris
Awards
2015 BBC Performing Arts Fund Fellow
Nominations
2021 ENO’s Drive & Live: La bohème nominated for an Royal Television Society Award under the Live Event category
2021 ENO’s Drive & Live: La bohème nominated for Royal Philharmonic Society Award under the Opera and Music category
PJ is an international opera director based in London.
PJ graduated with a first-class degree in music and performance from the University of Leeds, where he held a scholarship supported by Opera North.
He was awarded a BBC Performing Arts Bursary to train as a director at Scottish Opera. In 2015, PJ was listed as ‘one to watch’ by the BBC and has since worked on productions at the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Den Norske Opera, Den Jyske Opera, Garsington Opera and Polish National Opera.
“La bohème Drive & Live - Alexandra Palace
... a project on an ambitious scale, managed with formidable efficiency in the service of artistic values that are as high as any at the Coliseum.”
“Cupboard Love/Riders to the Sea, Byre Opera
a remarkable and compelling show...”
“Vespers of 1610 - Garsington Opera
A thrilling, operatic take on this spectacular musical showcase.”
Gallery
2023
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Displaced: A Woolwich Arsenal Opera | Woolwich Works for Tete a Tete Festival |
| L’étoile | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
2022
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Billy Budd (Revival) | Finnish National Opera, Dir. Annilese Miskimmon, Des. Annemarie Woods |
| Gods of The Game: a Football Opera | Grange Park Opera, Dir. PJ Harris, Des. Jamie Vartan |
| Brundibár | Opera North |
2020
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| La bohème | ENO: Drive & Live at Alexandra Palace, Set Des. Chloe Lamford, Costume Des. Camilla Clarke |
2019
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Vespers | Garsington Opera |
| Cupboard Love | Byre Opera |
| Riders to the Sea | Byre Opera |
| Billy Budd (Revival) | Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa, Original Dir. Annilese Miskimmon, Des. Annemarie Woods |
2018
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Salome | Opera North |
2017
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Eugene Onegin | Rhosygilwen Opera |
| The Cunning Little Vixen | Byre Opera | Jenůfa (Revival) | Royal Swedish Opera, Original Dir. Annilese Miskimmon |
2016
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| La Voix Humaine | The Forge, Camden |