Instagram story viewer> @esfir> Posts
Talia Stern(@esfir)'s profile avatar HD Profile

Talia Stern

@esfir

1.2K
followers
1471
following
▫️Jette Parker Artist 2025/27 ▫️ Tales of Love and Loss @royalballetandopera
POSTS STORIES REELS
La Bohème @royalballetandopera Love this production, love this team, love this cast, love this opera. Listening to this music for four weeks was food for the soul. by @esfir
Siegfried @royalballetandopera Very late in posting as always. Hard to describe the experience of working on Barrie Kosky’s third installment of the Ring Cycle as anything less than epic. Can’t quite believe my luck I got to work on this one. by @esfir
Jette Parker Summer Performance 2026 ✨so grateful for every artist on and off stage that helped pull this mad project together. Continually in awe of my fellow JPAs and everything they do (and our extraordinary dancer @spikeking ) Conductors: Richard Farnes, @weggypu , Giovanni Fanizza Director: @esfir Movement director: @r.nanyonjo Lighting Design: Ben Gordon Assistant Director: Isabelle Carlean Jones Producer: @chibbs Photo credit: Clive Barda by @esfir
As I begin my second season as JPA director at @royalballetandopera, I look back on the many many highlights of this past year and all the incredible opportunities this role has already given me, directing and assisting on both the Main and Linbury stages, and working with countless people who inspire me. Giddy, buzzing and completely overjoyed that I get another year of this! Now to Cape Town for the next JPA adventure 🔜🇿🇦 by @esfir
FOUR SISTERS - composed by Elena Langer & libretto by John Lloyd Davies. The third piece of our triple bill Tales of Love and Loss @royalballetandopera, running until 9 May. My Royal Opera House debut — truly a pinch-me moment. It’s hard to put into words how much this means, but I couldn’t be prouder of the incredible performers and the phenomenal team behind the scenes who brought this huge project to life. It really does take a village, and I’m feeling so grateful. So much love to you all ❤️ Director: me Conductor: @weggypu Cast: @maddy.robs @ellengpearsonmezzo @hannahedmunds1 @jingwen__cai @samhirdbaritone Designer: @anainesjabarespita Lighting: @pslightingdesign Movement & Intimacy Director: @natashaharrisonmovement Producer: @chibbs Assistant Director: @han_calascione Assistant Conductor: Richard Fu Orchestra: @brittensinfonia1 Répétiteur: @avishka_pianist Language Coach: @claireboothsings Stage Manager: @ellengdawson DSM: @tobias.millard ASM: @erin_carrot_ Production Manager: Ian Smith & Clíona Ní Mhocháin Draughtsperson: William Rawlings Costume Production Manager: @sfreeburn Wigs & Make up: Alice Hardy JPA team: Elaine Kidd, David Gowland, thomas93marshal & Isobel Lawson 📸 Mark Senior by @esfir
MAKING ARRANGEMENTS - composed by @charlottebraycomposer & libretto by Kate Kennedy. The second piece of our triple bill Tales of Love and Loss @royalballetandopera, running until 9 May. My Royal Opera House debut — truly a pinch-me moment. It’s hard to put into words how much this means, but I couldn’t be prouder of the incredible performers and the phenomenal team behind the scenes who brought this huge project to life. It really does take a village, and I’m feeling so grateful. So much love to you all 🧡 Director: me Conductor: @weggypu Cast: @samhirdbaritone @hannahedmunds1 @jingwen__cai @giorgiguliashvili_ Designer: @anainesjabarespita Lighting: @pslightingdesign Movement & Intimacy Director: @natashaharrisonmovement Producer: @chibbs Assistant Director: @han_calascione Assistant Conductor: Richard Fu Orchestra: @brittensinfonia1 Répétiteur: @avishka_pianist Language Coach: @claireboothsings Stage Manager: @ellengdawson DSM: @tobias.millard ASM: @erin_carrot_ Production Manager: Ian Smith & Clíona Ní Mhocháin Draughtsperson: William Rawlins Costume Production Manager: @sfreeburn Wigs & Make up: Alice Hardy JPA team: Elaine Kidd, David Gowland, thomas93marshal & Isobel Lawson 📸 Mark Senior by @esfir
THE DEPARTURE - composed by Elizabeth Maconchy & libretto by Anne Ridler. The first piece of our triple bill Tales of Love and Loss @royalballetandopera, running until 9 May. My Royal Opera House debut — truly a pinch-me moment. It’s hard to put into words how much this means, but I couldn’t be prouder of the incredible performers and the phenomenal team behind the scenes who brought this huge project to life. It really does take a village, and I’m feeling so grateful. So much love to you all 💙 Director: me! Conductor: @weggypu Cast: @ellengpearsonmezzo @samhirdbaritone Chorus: @ross_cumming @jingwen__cai @giorgiguliashvili_ @maddy.robs Designer: @anainesjabarespita Lighting: @pslightingdesign Movement & Intimacy Director: @natashaharrisonmovement Producer: @chibbs Assistant Director: @han_calascione Assistant Conductor: Richard Fu Orchestra: @brittensinfonia1 Répétiteur: @avishka_pianist Language Coach: @claireboothsings Stage Manager: @ellengdawson DSM: @tobias.millard ASM: @erin_carrot_ Production Manager: Ian Smith & Clíona Ní Mhocháin Draughtsperson: William Rawlins Costume Production Manager: @sfreeburn Wigs & Make up: Alice Hardy JPA team: Elaine Kidd, David Gowland thomas93marshal & Isobel Lawson 📸 Mark Senior by @esfir
We open in a week! Some rehearsal photos from our upcoming production Tales of Love and Loss, opening in the Linbury on May 1st. A triple bill of three incredible pieces by women composers: The Departure (Elizabeth Maconchy), Making Arrangements (Charlotte Bray) and Four Sisters (Elena Langer). Link to tickets in my bio! @royalballetandopera 📸Laura Aziz by @esfir
Tales of Love and Loss @royalballetandopera Studio run is tomorrow for this mad, exhilarating, and utterly thrilling triple bill, arriving soon at the Linbury. Expect an evening where heartstrings are pulled, plucked, and tangled into knots — in the best possible way. Don’t miss it! 📅 1–9 May 2026
🎟️ Ticket link in bio by @esfir
Last Days in the Linbury ~ I had the most epic time assisting on this revival of Oliver Leith & Matt Copson’s strange, thrilling, moving, poetic, devastating and incredibly human opera. As my first production to work on as a JPA director, I am so grateful to have been a part of this family. I also made my RBO stage debut walking on as Superfan which was terrifyingly exciting, and could not have done it without the support from our amazing cast and stage managers 💚 by @esfir
An ode to 2025: autumn & winter edition (with many incredibly proud sister moments) by @esfir
An ode to 2025: A World Turned Upside Down Staging Juliana Hall’s song cycle at @waterperry_opera_festival last summer was a deeply meaningful show and I couldn’t have asked for a better team to create it with than the incredibly talented @anacarmenbalestra_soprano and @_________suuu . A massive thank you to the dedicated folks at Waterperry Opera Festival who made this all possible. Photo credits: Julian Guidera by @esfir

Download All

Save the photos and videos currently loaded on this page.

0Photos
0Videos
Ready to download 0 / 0

Keep this tab open until your download is ready.
back to up