Athens born, Paris trained, London based, international opera director.

 

Productions include:

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera for Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Germany; Massenet's Don Quichotte, Barber's Vanessa, Leoni's L'oracolo and Giordano's Mala vita for Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland; Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, Verdi's La traviata and Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades for Opera Holland Park, UK; Donizetti's  Lucia di Lammermoor for Opera Hedeland, Denmark; Rossini's Guillaume Tell for Victorian Opera, Australia; Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos for GöteborgsOperan, Sweden, Leoncavallo's Pagliacci for Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Portugal; Rossini's La Cenerentola for Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Italy; Puccini's Tosca for the Xi'an Concert Hall, China; Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and Rossini's La Cenerentola for  Greek National Opera; Haydn's L'isola disabitata for the Royal Opera House - Covent Garden and Hobart Baroque; Martinu's Ariane, Martinu's Alexandre bis, Stradella's San Giovanni Battista and Arne's The Cooper  for Guildhall School of Music and Drama;  Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea, Holst's Savitri and Smetana's The Bartered Bride for British Youth Opera; Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery for RCS/Scottish Opera; a new version of Carmen at London's King’s  Head; Schumann's Dichterliebe in the ROH Linbury Studio; a devised youth opera Where is The Love for Arcola Theatre; Puccini's Suor Angelica for MOC; Monteverdi's Orfeo and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde for Paris 8 Opera.

 

Rodula was nominated International Opera Awards Director of the Year 2019. Her Opera Hedeland production of Lucia di Lammermoor was nominated for Best Opera Production in the CPH Awards (Denmark 2019). Her productions of Massenet's Don Quichotte and Barber’s Vanessa for the Wexford Festival Opera were nominated in the Irish Times Theatre Awards in the “Best Opera” category (Ireland 2020 and 2017). She was nominated for two Helpmann Awards (Australia 2013) in the "Best Opera Director" and "Best Opera Production" categories for her production of L'isola disabitata presented at the Hobart Baroque Festival.

 

Rodula trained as a violinist at the Mousikoi Orizontes Conservatory in Athens, studied Musicology at La Sorbonne University in Paris, Opera Staging at Paris 8 - Saint Denis University and joined the Laboratoire d'Etude du Mouvement of the International Theatre School Jacques Lecoq. She is a former Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artist.