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Dalia Ibelhauptaite (born in 1967) is an opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
, theatre, and film director
Film director

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 and playwright
Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance....
, whose work combines the traditions of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n and Western Theatre.

Biography
Personal life
Dalia Ibelhauptaite was born in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1967, and became a director at the age of 15 when she formed the Young Theatre Company in Lithuania. At the Young Theatre Company, Dalia worked as a director and playwright until 1985 when she became assistant director at the Vilnius
Vilnius

Vilnius is the largest city and the Capital of Lithuania, with a population of 555,613 as of 2008. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality....
 State Theatre.






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Dalia Ibelhauptaite (born in 1967) is an opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
, theatre, and film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 and playwright
Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance....
, whose work combines the traditions of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n and Western Theatre.

Biography


Personal life


Dalia Ibelhauptaite was born in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1967, and became a director at the age of 15 when she formed the Young Theatre Company in Lithuania. At the Young Theatre Company, Dalia worked as a director and playwright until 1985 when she became assistant director at the Vilnius
Vilnius

Vilnius is the largest city and the Capital of Lithuania, with a population of 555,613 as of 2008. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality....
 State Theatre. She trained at the Russian Drama Academy, graduating after three years.

In 1990, she directed To Damascus at the Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 Lencom Theatre. In 1991, Ibelhauptaite was invited to the Royal National Theatre Studio in London
London

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, and directed A Lawsuit as well as doing a series of workshops on Russian classical plays. She has been in London ever since. Ibelhauptaite has also given masterclasses at National Opera Studio and Royal National Theatre Studio in London, and is a popular teacher in China
China

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, Israel
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, Holland
Holland

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, France
France

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, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 and India
India

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.

Ibelhauptaite directed Svejk at The Duke's on 42nd Street last year, which was her first show in New York. It was nominated for a Drama League award as distinguished production of the year.

Ibelhuptaite married Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher is an English people actor, best known for his lead role as Spike Thomson in the British TV comedy Press Gang alongside Julia Sawalha....
 in Westminster, London, in 1997, after the pair met on the set of one of her stage productions in London.

Directing credits


Theatre productions


Walpurgis Night by Erofeyev and Sejk (Gate Theatre
Gate Theatre

The Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Miche?l MacLiammoir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by Europe and American dramatists....
)
Gamblers by Gogol (Tricycle Theatre
Tricycle Theatre

The Tricycle Theatre is located on Kilburn High Road in Kilburn, London in the London Borough of Brent, England. It is a publicly subsidised performing arts venue which specialises in new work with political themes, including plays by Irish, African-Caribbean, Jewish and Asian writers, reflecting the mix of communities in the area....
)
Mirandolina by Goldoni (Lyric Theatre
Lyric Hammersmith

The Lyric Hammersmith is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions....
, Hammersmith
Hammersmith

Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, approximately 5 miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames....
)
The Impressario From Smyrna by Goldoni and Promise (Old Red Lion Theatre
Old Red Lion Theatre

The Old Red Lion Theatre is a fringe theatre, situated above a pub at The Angel, Islington, in the London Borough of Islington.It was founded in 1979 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club....
)
The Crucible by Miller and The Lower Depths by Gorky (Lamda)
Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare (CSSD
Central School of Speech and Drama

The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students....
)
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare for the Shi-Wa Charity Gala at the Globe Theatre
Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613....
, London.
Svejk (The Duke's, New York)

Opera productions


Don Giovanni, Mozart (Musica Nel Chiostro, Batignano Festival, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
)
Rigoletto Verdi (Hackney Empire
Hackney Empire

The Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney, built in 1901 as a music hall....
, London and UK tour for The Opera Company)
Madama Butterfly Puccini and Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky (Opera North
Opera North

Opera North is a United Kingdom opera company. Based in Leeds, England the Company's home theatre is the Grand Theatre Leeds, but it also presents regular seasons in several other cities, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Lowry Centre, Salford Quays and the Theatre Royal, Newcastle....
, UK)
Don Pasquale Donizetti (Opera Zuid, Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
)
Un Ballo In Maschera Verdi (Lithuanian National Opera)
I Pagliacci Leoncavallo (Congress Palace, Lithuania and The National Opera Studio
National Opera Studio

The National Opera Studio in London, England was established by the Arts Council as a link between the music colleges and the six main UK opera companies....
)
Showcase (The Queen Elizabeth Hall
Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Queen Elizabeth Hall is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England that hosts daily European classical music, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances....
, London)
La Forza del Destino G.Verdi (Lithuanian National Opera)
La Boheme Puccini (Congress Palace, Lithuania )
Die Zauberflöte Mozart (Congress Palace, Lithuania )

Short films


Let The Good Times Roll by Dexter Fletcher, starring Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins

Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. is an England actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for his performances in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook ....
, Ron Cook
Ron Cook

Ron Cook is a United Kingdom actor who has been active in the theatre, film and television since the 1970s. He is from South Shields, Co Durham, United Kingdom and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College....
 and Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher is an English people actor, best known for his lead role as Spike Thomson in the British TV comedy Press Gang alongside Julia Sawalha....

Feeling Good by Dexter Fletcher, starring Jason Flemyng
Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng is an English actor. He is known for his film work, which has included roles in British films such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch , both for Guy Ritchie, as well as Hollywood productions such as the Alan Moore comic book adaptations From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ....
.