Universally acclaimed as one of Europe’s most original and progressive directors, and widely celebrated as the founder of the global #OperaHarmony movement, auteur-director Ella Marchment has also taken on leadership roles for international arts organisations and spoken and lectured at world-renowned companies and conservatoires, including Opera Europa in the Netherlands, The Royal Opera House in London, The Juilliard in New York, and The Royal College of Music in London.

Represented by Day Macaskill of Cruickshank Cazenove Limited in London, Ella’s career has seen her working successfully as both a director and an arts-company manager, and she is currently the Artistic Director of Opera Festival of Chicago, and the Director of Opera at Northern Illinois University. Ella has been the Director of the International Opera Awards since 2017, and part of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama vocal faculty since 2019. She is also a founding member of the campaign group SWAP’ra—Supporting Women & Parents in Opera. During the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, Ella founded an international community group called #OperaHarmony which developed new operas remotely. The filmed works were showcased worldwide by OperaVision. She is currently writing a book on arts management, is an artistic associate of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Opera in the 21st Century programme, is in the process of directing remote productions of The Bear for Northern Illinois University and an adaptation of Verdi’s La Traviata for the Arkansas-based company Opera in The Rock, and is writing a screenplay with actress and singer–songwriter Daisy Boulton.