Jeff Clarke began his career as assistant director to Jonathan Miller, David Pountney, Anthony Besch and Peter Wood. He worked for The Royal Opera (Covent Garden), The Australian Opera, Scottish Opera and Lyric Opera of Queensland.
He now is Artistic Director of his own company, Opera della Luna which specialises in the comic repertoire.
He also directs regularly for other companies and his productions include Rusalka, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Rake’s Progress, Un Giorno di Regno, The Marriage of Figaro, and Pagliacci.
He has translated many operas into English versions.
I can't fault Clarke's absolutely super staging. Each of the 23 individual episodes is immaculately paced and sharply characterised, with due weight given to the darker moments.
RUPERT CHRISTIANSEN Candide THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
This Candide comes the closest I’ve ever seen to finding the complicated opera-meets-musical heart of this best of all possible shows.
ROBERT THICKNESSE Candide OPERA NOW
New Sussex Opera joins forces with operetta specialists Opera della Luna for its latest production which benefits from Jeff Clarke's mastery of the medium.
GEORGE HALL on La Belle Helene THE STAGE
Lunacy reigns and resounds to the strains of Offenbach's wickedly worldly opera bouffe in Opera della Luna's extraordinarily energetic production directed by the inspired Jeff Clarke. It's a delightful show by a company that is fast approaching national treasure status.
GEORGE HALL reviewing La Vie Parisienne in The Stage
Expertly paced and delivered
RUPERT CHRISTIANSEN reviewing The Yeomen of the Guard at Buxton Festival
Jeff Clarke's Die Fledermaus turned out to be rather brilliant, not to mention hilarious.
ROBERT THICKNESSE reviewing Die Fledermaus, Opera della Luna on tour
It was Clarke's reflection on the Jungian slant of Auden's libretto that brought such strong psychological truth to this production
RIAN EVANS reviewing The Rake's Progress in The Guardian. ****
