Lisa Nava

After studying art and music she followed the course of studies in theatre and cinema and graduated with a thesis on musical theatre direction at the Milan University of Studies. During her studies she worked in the production departments of major movie companies and furthermore she became part of Lombardia Film Commission.

In those years she shot her first shorts. Since 2002 she has been assistant director and stage manager in opera productions in prestigious national and international festivals and opera houses. Her debut as an opera director was in 2006 at the Teatro delle Erbe in Milan with the “Così fan tutte” by W. A. Mozart. In 2009, at the Piccolo Teatro Studio in Milan she directed “Ferrovia Soprelevata” by Dino Buzzati and Luciano Chailly, an Italian experimental musical comedy from the 60s. The following year she works on “Poème électronique” by Edgard Varèse and Le Corbusier, devising the multimedia event “Music is all around you”. In summer 2013 she became member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab in New York City.

In December 2013 she is invited at the TPAM Directors Lab in St. Petersburg. Furthermore she taught, at the Marangoni Institute of Fashion and Design in Milan, culture of cinema and music. In 2016 wrote her first screenplay for a feature, at the moment she is developing this project. In the same year she moved to New York City and became main stage director at the Manhattan Opera Studio where she is in charge to direct at the National Opera Center and at the Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall. In New York she collaborates with different theaters and festivals. In summer 2018 she will direct at Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto, Italy. She is a proud SDC associate member.