Kitty McNamee
From: Ashland, Ohio. LA Opera: choreographer for Roméo et Juliette (2005, debut; 2011, 2024); La Traviata (2006, 2009, 2014, 2019); Don Carlo (2006, 2018); La Rondine (2008); Lucia di Lammermoor (2014, 2022); The Tales of Hoffmann (2017); The Marriage of Figaro (2023). The 2024 staging of Roméo et Juliette will mark her company debut as director.
Kitty McNamee is an artist, a creator and, most importantly, a collaborator.
Her unique approach to direction and choreography was declared by Dance Magazine to possess “an outsize talent for that most elusive gift, originality.” Kitty’s dance films have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide.
Kitty has a long and fruitful relationship with the LA Philharmonic, where she has choreographed, directed, and developed new productions including Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Wing on Wing, Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Ellington/Nutcracker with Gustavo Dudamel and many more.
Opera work includes Turandot, The Marriage of Figaro, Romeo et Juliette, La Traviata, Don Carlo, La Rondine, Lucia di Lammermoor and The Tales of Hoffmann for LA Opera, San Francisco Opera , San Diego Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Theater credits include Colony Collapse (Boston Court), Sense and Sensibility (South Coast Rep), The Fantasticks (Pasadena Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (LA Phil/Disney Hall), Man of LaMancha (Reprise!) and Sondheim’s 75th (Hollywood Bowl).
She moves effortlessly between her work for the stage and campaigns for Target, Adobe MAX, Zimmerman, Mercedes Benz, Grey Ant and Uniglo.
Learn more at KittyMcNamee.com.
From: Ashland, Ohio. LA Opera: choreographer for Roméo et Juliette (2005, debut; 2011, 2024); La Traviata (2006, 2009, 2014, 2019); Don Carlo (2006, 2018); La Rondine (2008); Lucia di Lammermoor (2014, 2022); The Tales of Hoffmann (2017); The Marriage of Figaro (2023). The 2024 staging of Roméo et Juliette will mark her company debut as director.
Kitty McNamee is an artist, a creator and, most importantly, a collaborator.
Her unique approach to direction and choreography was declared by Dance Magazine to possess “an outsize talent for that most elusive gift, originality.” Kitty’s dance films have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide.
Kitty has a long and fruitful relationship with the LA Philharmonic, where she has choreographed, directed, and developed new productions including Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Wing on Wing, Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Ellington/Nutcracker with Gustavo Dudamel and many more.
Opera work includes Turandot, The Marriage of Figaro, Romeo et Juliette, La Traviata, Don Carlo, La Rondine, Lucia di Lammermoor and The Tales of Hoffmann for LA Opera, San Francisco Opera , San Diego Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Theater credits include Colony Collapse (Boston Court), Sense and Sensibility (South Coast Rep), The Fantasticks (Pasadena Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (LA Phil/Disney Hall), Man of LaMancha (Reprise!) and Sondheim’s 75th (Hollywood Bowl).
She moves effortlessly between her work for the stage and campaigns for Target, Adobe MAX, Zimmerman, Mercedes Benz, Grey Ant and Uniglo.
Learn more at KittyMcNamee.com.