Louise Bakker studied Drama with English at Manchester University. Her directorial credits include Acis & Galatea (Opera Holland Park), Don Giovanni Tenorio, Orpheus in the Underworld, and Opera Scenes (Royal College of Music), Lucia di Lammermoor (Brent Opera), The Rake's Progress, Jenufa, Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci (Aylesbury Opera), Saul, The Dragon of Wantley (Richmond Opera), Mozart & Salieri/Suor Angelica (Rose Opera), Opera Scenes (Royal Academy of Music), Shaw Goes Wilde (Pegasus Opera), Assassins (Pleasance Theatre), Pravda (Bridewell Theatre), Virtue Reality (Southwark Playhouse), Waiting Room (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Iranian Nights (John Thaw Studio Theatre) and Six Degrees of Separation (Edinburgh Festival).
Louise’s Associate or Revival Directing credits include Innocence (Dutch National Opera & Santa Fe Opera), Itch (Opera Holland Park), Die Zauberflöte (Royal College of Music).
Louise’s Assistant Directing credits include Tosca, Innocence, JPYA Summer Performance (Royal Opera House), Margot le Rouge/Le villi 2022, Cunning Little Vixen (Opera Holland Park), Così fan tutte, Tamerlano, Falstaff (Grange Festival), La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers (Vache Baroque Festival), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Academy of Music), The Enchanted Island (British Youth Opera), The School of Jealousy (Bampton Classical Opera), The Braille Legacy (Charing Cross Theatre), National Opera Studio Scenes (Welsh National Opera) and The Color Purple (Cadogan Hall).