List of opera directors

This list of opera directors is a list of notable stage producers and directors who have worked, or are working, in the opera world.


 * Christopher Alden (born 1949)
 * David Alden (born 1949)
 * Neil Armfield (born 1955)
 * Lucy Bailey (born 1962)
 * Stephen Barlow (born 1969)
 * Ruth Berghaus (1927–1996)
 * Anthony Besch (1924–2002)
 * Calixto Bieito (born 1963)
 * Saskia Boddeke (born 1962)
 * Luc Bondy (1948–2015)
 * Tito Capobianco (1931–2018)
 * Albert Carré (1852–1938)
 * Robert Carsen (born 1954)
 * Patrice Chéreau (1944–2013)
 * Martha Clarke (born 1944)
 * John Copley (born 1933)
 * Frank Corsaro (1924–2017)
 * John Cox (born 1935)
 * Paul Curran (born 1964)
 * Willy Decker (born 1950)
 * John Dexter (1925–1990)
 * Doris Dörrie (born 1955)
 * Carl Ebert (1887–1980)
 * Peter Ebert (1918–2012)
 * Johannes Erath (born 1975)
 * August Everding (1928–1999)
 * Brigitte Fassbaender (born 1939)
 * Walter Felsenstein (1901–1975)
 * Jürgen Flimm (1941–2023)
 * Götz Friedrich (1930–2000)
 * John Fulljames (born 1976)
 * Colin Graham (1931–2007)
 * Robin Guarino (born 1960)
 * Tatjana Gürbaca (born 1973)
 * Peter Hall (1930–2018)
 * Nicholas Heath (born 1959)
 * Bohumil Herlischka (1919–2006)
 * Jens-Daniel Herzog (born 1964)
 * Werner Herzog (born 1942)
 * Kasper Holten (born 1973)
 * Richard Jones (born 1953)
 * Václav Kašlík (1917–1989)
 * Peter Kazaras
 * Jonathan Kent (born 1951)
 * Peter Konwitschny (born 1945)
 * Barrie Kosky (born 1967)
 * Constantine Koukias (born 1965)
 * Harry Kupfer (1935–2019)
 * John La Bouchardière (born 1969)
 * Mark Lamos (born 1946)
 * Rhoda Levine (born 20th century)
 * Phyllida Lloyd (born 1957)
 * Lotfi Mansouri (1929–2013)
 * Ella Marchment (born 1992)
 * Phelim McDermott (born 1963)
 * David McVicar (born 1966)
 * Friedrich Meyer-Oertel (born 1936)
 * Dejan Miladinović (1948–2017)
 * Jonathan Miller (1934–2019)
 * Alexis Minotis (1899–1990)
 * Mark Morris (born 1956)
 * Elijah Moshinsky (1946–2021)
 * Francisco Negrin (born 1963)
 * Hans Neuenfels (1941–2022)
 * Moffatt Oxenbould (born 1943)
 * Àlex Ollé (born 1960)
 * Richard Pearlman (1938–2006)
 * Laurent Pelly (born 1962)
 * Pier Luigi Pizzi (born 1930)
 * Boris Pokrovsky (1912–2009)
 * Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932–1988)
 * David Pountney (born 1947)
 * Olivier Py (born 1965)
 * Lamberto Puggelli (1938–2013)
 * Max Reinhardt (1873–1943)
 * Günther Rennert (1911–1978)
 * Rocc (born 1979)
 * Luca Ronconi (1933–2015)
 * Vladimir Rosing (1890–1963)
 * Peter Sellars (born 1957)
 * Otto Schenk (born 1930)
 * Oscar Fritz Schuh (1904–1984)
 * Daniel Slater (born 1966)
 * Jacopo Spirei (born 1974)
 * Giorgio Strehler (1921–1997)
 * Olivier Tambosi (born 1963)
 * Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986)
 * Mihai Timofti (born 1948)
 * Mariusz Treliński (born 1962)
 * Graham Vick (1953–2021)
 * Luchino Visconti (1906–1976)
 * Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
 * Wieland Wagner (1917–1966)
 * Wolfgang Wagner (1919–2010)
 * Margarete Wallmann (1904–1992)
 * Krzysztof Warlikowski (born 1962)
 * Deborah Warner (born 1959)
 * Keith Warner (born 1956)
 * Herbert Wernicke (1946–2002)
 * Robert Wilson (born 1941)
 * Luchino Visconti (1906-1976)
 * Francesca Zambello (born 1956)
 * Franco Zeffirelli (1923–2019)
 * Tomer Zvulun (born 1976)