Athens born, Paris trained, London based opera director.
Rodula has directed opera productions in the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Greece, China and Australia.
Work includes: La clemenza di Tito (Bergen Nasjonale Opera),
Don Quichotte, Vanessa, L'oracolo and Mala vita (Wexford Festival Opera) Un ballo in maschera, La traviata and Queen of Spades (Opera Holland Park), Un Ballo in Maschera (Oldenburgisches Staatstheater) Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Hedeland) Guillaume Tell (Victorian Opera, Australia) Ariadne auf Naxos (GöteborgsOperan) Pagliacci (Teatro Nacional São Carlos) La Cenerentola (Teatro Verdi di Trieste) Tosca (Xi'an Concert Hall, China) Cosi fan tutte and La Cenerentola (Greek National Opera) L'isola disabitata (Royal Opera House - Linbury Studio and Hobart Baroque, Tasmania) Ariane, Alexandre bis, San Giovanni Battista and The Cooper (Guildhall School of Music and Drama) Riders to the Sea, Savitri and The Bartered Bride (British Youth Opera) Betrothal in a Monastery (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Scottish Opera) a new version of Carmen (London's King’s Head) Dichterliebe (Royal Opera House Linbury Studio) a devised youth opera Where is The Love (Arcola Theatre) Orfeo and Das Lied von der Erde (Paris 8 Opera).
Rodula was nominated "Director of the Year" in the 2019 International Opera Awards. 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 both 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.
She has directed revivals of Royal Opera House - Covent Garden productions in London, Sydney, Gothenburg and Valencia.
Rodula is a former member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She 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 prestigious International Theatre School Jacques Lecoq.