Bruno Baker is a Latinx NYC based American/Brazilian multidisciplinary stage director. Mr. Baker currently serves on the directing staff of the Metropolitan Opera and has worked as an assistant director at The Atlanta Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Madison Opera, as a stage manager at the Park Avenue Armory, and on the staging staff for Santa Fe Opera. His recent credits include revival directing Roméo et Juliette at Houston Grand Opera and Fellow Travelers at Opera Columbus.
Previous work on the staging staff includes Guerilla Opera, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and LoftOpera. In the past year of the COVID-19 crisis, Mr. Baker associate directed a new filmed version of La bohème for Hong Kong-based opera company More Than Musical, co-produced with Opera Omaha, Opera Columbus and Tri-Cities opera. He spent a few months back home in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil developing an anthology of short operas, inspired by different Brazilian musical genres. He is a recipient of the 2021 OPERA America Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize.
