Elio Bucky (they/he) is an opera stage director with an interdisciplinary background in performance, composition, and design. Their work celebrates plurality, truth, and innovation in the creative process. This summer, Elio joins Wolf Trap Opera as a Directing Fellow. While in residence, they will direct Weill & Brecht’s Seven Deadly Sins, a workshop of Kamala Sankaram’s The House of Yes, and serve as the assistant director of Puccini’s La bohème.

In the 2023-2024 season, Elio directs a new production of La bohème; collaborates with pianist Tamar Sanikidze on Song Re-Imagined, a staged multimedia art song recital; and assists on a new production of Tan Dun’s Tea: A Mirror of Soul at the Butler Opera Center in Austin, TX. Additionally, they are the projection designer for Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi at Binghamton University.

Elio holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in voice & opera performance from Northwestern University and a graduate degree in opera directing from the Butler Opera Center. They have completed additional training at the Chautauqua Institution and the Music Academy of the West.

Recent and Upcoming** Projects:

Director
Seven Deadly Sins (Wolf Trap Opera)**
The House of Yes [workshop] (Wolf Trap Opera)**
La bohème (Butler Opera Center)
Song Re-Imagined (Butler Opera Center)
Here and Gone (Music Academy of the West)
Trial by Jury; The Gonzales Cantata (Northwestern University)
Scenes from Die Walküre, Hansel and Gretel, Die Zauberflöte (Miami Music Festival)
Scenes from Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni (Butler Opera Center)

Assistant Director
La bohème (Wolf Trap Opera)**
Tea: A Mirror of Soul (Butler Opera Center)
La bohème (Music Academy of the West)
Cabaret: 1979 (Music Academy of the West)
Proving Up; Les contes d’Hoffmann (Butler Opera Center)
Dog Days (Northwestern University)
Alice & Anna (Savannah VOICE Festival)
Das Rheingold; Carmen; Cendrillon (Miami Music Festival)

Projection Designer
Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi (Binghamton University)
Una noche en Miraflores (Music Academy of the West)
L’incoronazione di Poppea (Binghamton University)