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Jamie Hayes (born 6th August 1959) is an theatre director, specialising in opera. He has directed many new productions in the UK and overseas.

Born in London, Jamie studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Productions include Faust and Les Pêcheurs de perles; Victoria State Opera, Melbourne. Carman, La Bohème, La Traviata, Il Seraglio, Tosca and Macbeth, Icelandic National Opera, Reykjavik. Il barbiere di Siviglia; National Opera of Malta. Aida; Opera Northern Ireland. Il barbiere di Siviglia' & La Cenerentola''; Garsington. Zaza & La rencontre imprévue; Wexford. L'italiana in Londra, Le Huron & L'italiana in Algeri; Buxton Festival. The Magic Flute, A Midsummer Night’s Dream & The Gondoliers; Covent Garden and Hampton Court Festivals. I Lombardi, Benvenuto Cellini & Dick Whittington; University College Opera. La Bohème, L’Arlesiana, I Pagliacci & Carmen; Opera Holland Park. The Gondoliers for Carl Rosa Opera.

Jamie enjoyed a long and rewarding association with British Youth Opera where he was Director of Productions. Productions for BYO include The Thieving Magpie, Albert Herring, La Bohème, Il Seraglio, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, Robinson Crusoe, The Gondoliers, Falstaff, The Rape of Lucretia and recently returned as a guest to direct Il Signor Bruschino & La Scala di Seta. Jamie was also Director of Productions for Clonter Opera in Cheshire. Productions include La Traviata, La Bohème, La Cenerentola, L’Elisir d’Amore, Carmen, Il Tabarro and Don Giovanni. His La Traviata was awarded The Manchester Evening News Award for Best Opera (2006) and his Don Giovanni of the following year received a nomination.

Jamie has directed many productions for our leading conservatoires, most recently at The Royal Academy of Music with La Vera Costanza. The Royal College of Music, The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, The Royal Northern College of Music, The Guild Hall School of Music and Drama &The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Musicals include Associate Director to Nicholas Hytner on the original production of Miss Saigon in the West End and Broadway, Co-director of The Hunting of the Snark, Prince Edward Theatre. World première of Inkle and Yarico, Holders Season, Barbados and Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London. Oscar, Buxton Festival of Musicals and subsequent transfer to The Tricycle Theatre, London.

For the Musical Theatre Academy, based in the midlands, he has directed new productions of Oliver! Anything Goes, Singin’ in the Rain, Me and My Girl, The Wizard of Oz, West Side Story, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Scrooge, Footloose, Beauty and the Beast & Working.

Jamie is married to the mezzo-soprano Jean Rigby and they have three children.