Becca Anne Marriott – Opera Creator

"It’s a genius concept, where Marriott and Sharazuddin rip up Puccini’s opera and burn it right in front of you. And it’s exactly what this stereotype-filled piece needs.” —  Raphael Kohn, All that Dazzles

Becca Marriott is an established opera creator and emerging director. She currently holds a Developing Your Creative Practice Bursary from Arts Council England, supporting her in her transition from performing in, to directing opera. She is the Artistic Director of The Opera Makers, and in 2023 directed a fully funded research phase of a joyous puppet adaptation of Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona, designed for school touring; assisted Stephen Medcalf on Tosca for Grange Park Opera; co-created, directed and produced a radical new production of Puccini’s Turandot - the first outside of Asia to feature an entirely BESEA cast - nominated for three Off West End Awards; and directed a rebooted revival of Peace at Last for OperaUpClose, in partnership with Chickenshed Theatre and Southampton Music Hub. She also studied part-time on the Introduction to directing course at Central School of Speech and Drama.

Becca Anne Marriott began her operatic journey as a lyric-spinto soprano. In 2016 she was invited to co-create a radical new imaging of Puccini’s La bohème for The King’s Head Theatre in collaboration with Adam Spreadbury Mayer. This production transferred to the West End in 2017 and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production. In the same year, her visceral new libretto and dramaturgy for Tosca, set in Vichy France, won the Off West End Award for Best New Opera Production. Following these successes, Becca was invited to create a bold new imagining of Verdi’s La Traviata exploring themes of sexual exploitation. This version premiered in 2018 and was nominated for the Off West End Award for Best New Opera Production.

In 2020, Becca Marriott founded her own opera company - The Opera Makers - in partnership with Panaretos Kyriatzidis. Their journey began with a research and development project creating a re-imagining of Cavallaria Rusticana and I Pagliacci. In 2021, they mounted their first fully staged work - Hopes & Fears - a lyrical exploration of living with cancer based on the music of Debussy created and written by Becca in partnership with Shine Cancer Support UK. The Opera Makers is supported by its patron, Della Jones, and a wonderful and tireless team of trustees. Not only dedicated to producing engaging opera adaptations and productions, it is committed to supporting emerging artists from diverse backgrounds through masterclasses, mentoring, audition practice, networking and CV advice.

She is currently seeking funding to support a schools’ tour of La Serva Padrona, and working on a one woman thriller-style adaptation of Cherubini’s Médée.