Denni Sayers

Denni Sayers returns to the COC as the choreographer for Ariadne auf Naxos. She most recently worked with the COC as movement and assistant director for Don Carlos. Other COC engagements include Boris Godunov and Tosca. Credits include Die Frau ohne Schatten with Mariinsky Opera; Paul Bunyan, The Bartered Bride, Boulevard Solitude, Carmen and Sweeney Todd with Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Boris Godunov and Parsifal with English National Opera; Peter Grimes, Turandot, The Bassarids, Tannhäuser and La fanciulla del West with Netherlands Opera; Rigoletto for the Semperoper Dresden; War and Peace and Boris Godunov with Opéra national de Paris; The Flying Dutchman, Sweeney Todd and The Pirates of Penzance with Lyric Opera of Chicago; Fidelio, Die Gezeichneten and Elektra for Salzburg Festival Opera; Aida, Ariadne auf Naxos and Don Carlos with Welsh National Opera; The Love for Three Oranges and Carmen for Opera Australia; Don Giovanni with Glyndebourne Opera; the world premiere of The Little Prince with Houston Grand Opera; Die Meistersinger for Zurich Opera; Porgy and Bess with Washington Opera; The Water Diviner’s Tale at Royal Albert Hall and Oedipus at Royal National Theatre. Upcoming productions include Salome in Baden Baden, Emperor andGalilean at Royal National Theatre and Peter Grimes with Opera Australia.