Haley Stamats is a dynamic director for opera, theater, and film. Her 2024-2025 season features three directorial debuts with consecutive productions of La Bohème at Opera Delaware, Opera Baltimore, and Charleston Opera Theater. She also directs a new production of Armida with Pittsburgh Opera, returns to Opera Baltimore to direct a semi-staged Maria Stuarda, and makes her directorial debut at Shreveport Opera with Carmen. In addition, she assistant directed La Bohème at Opera Colorado as a first-time collaboration with the company. This summer, Stamats makes her Spoleto Festival debut as Associate Director for Thaïs and joins Des Moines Metro Opera as Assistant Director for The Cunning Little Vixen.

Stamats recently completed an exciting 2023-2024 season. Returning to Pittsburgh Opera for her second season as Resident Artist Stage Director, she helmed two new productions: Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride and Mazzoli’s Proving Up. Additionally, she served as assistant director for their productions of Il barbiere di Siviglia, Der fliegende Holländer, and La Traviata. In March 2024, she associate directed a poetic new production of Florencia en el Amazonas at Opera San José.

In May 2024, Stamats returned to Arizona Opera, where she showcased her versatility and passion for new works by directing excerpts from Hector Armienta’s Zorro and Ricky Ian Gordon’s Intimate Apparel for their New Works Festival. Her summer was equally exciting, as she joined Wolf Trap Opera as a Directing Fellow. There, she assistant directed their productions of Così fan tutte and Silent Night, in addition to directing their Studio Spotlight scenes program.