Dalia Ibelhauptaitė was born in Vilnius, on May 4, 1967. In 1990, she graduated from Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in Moscow (the course of Mark Zakharov). The artist has been residing and working both in London and Vilnius since 1991. She has conducted acting masterclasses in various countries. In 2012, the director became a co-founder of the public enterprise Vilnius City Opera (called “the Bohemians” in 2006-2012). Dalia Ibelhauptaitė has directed numerous drama performances in various theatres of London as well as operas throughout Great Britain, Holland and Lithuania. In 2011, she was granted the Order for Merits to Lithuania (Cross of the Knight). Her earlier works include, inter alia: To Damascus (Swedish: Till Damaskus) by August Strindberg, The Gamblers (Russian: Игроки) by Nikolai Gogol (Theatre Tricycle in London), Walpurgisnacht (Russian: Вальпургиева ночь) by Venedict Yerofeyev (Theatre Gate in London), Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Musica Nel Chiostro, Batignano Festival, Italy), Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (opera company Opera North, Great Britain).

RECENT THEATRE WORKS:

2000 Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti (company Opera Zuid, Holland)

2000 Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (opera company Opera North, Great Britain)

2001 A Masked Ball (Italian: Un ballo in maschera) by Giuseppe Verdi (Vilnius Festival, 2002 - Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre)

2001 Eugene Onegin (Russian: Евгений Онегин) by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (opera company Opera North, Great Britain)

2003 Clowns (Italian: Pagliacci) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo (concert, Vilnius Congress Palace)

2004 Švejk based on the novel The Good Soldier Švejk (Czech: Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za svĕtové války) by Jaroslav Hašek (Theatre for a New Audience in New York)

2005 The Gambler (Russian: Игрок) by Sergei Prokofiev (company Opera Zuid, Holland)

2005 The Force of Destiny (Italian: La forza del destino) by Giuseppe Verdi (Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre)

2006 La bohème by Giacomo Puccini (Company Bohemiečiai, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra)

2007 The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Company Bohemiečiai, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra)

2008 Clowns (Italian: Pagliacci) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo (Company Bohemiečiai, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra)

2008 Werther by Jules Massenet (Company Bohemiečiai, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra)

2009 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber by Stephen Sondheim (Company Bohemiečiai, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra)

2011 Onegin based on the opera Eugene Onegin (Russian: Евгений Онегин) by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Company Bohemiečiai, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra)

2011 Katia Kabanowa (Czech: Káťa Kabanová) by Leoš Janáček (Company Bohemiečiai, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra)

2012 Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini (Company Bohemiečiai, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra)

2013 All Women Do It (Italian: Così fan tutte) based on the opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Vilnius City Opera)

2014 The Troubadour (Italian: Il trovatore) based on the opera by Giuseppe Verdi (Vilnius City Opera)

2015 Pelléas and Mélisande (French: Pelléas et Mélisande) based on the opera by Claude Debussy (Vilnius City Opera)

2016 Tosca based on the opera by Giacomo Puccini (Vilnius City Opera)

2016 La bohème based on the opera by Giacomo Puccini (Klaipėda State Music Theatre)

2016 E-Carmen by Marijus Adomaitis (Vilnius City Opera)

2017 Faust based on the opera by Charles Gounod (Vilnius City Opera)

2017 Eglė by Laimis Vilkončius (with Gediminas Šeduikis)

2017 Samson and Delilah (French: Samson et Dalila) based on the opera by Camille Saint-Saëns (Vilnius City Opera)