Eleanor Burke is an award-winning English/Irish director and the Founder of Green Opera. She recently made her house debut at the Royal Opera House with a critically-acclaimed production of Martinu Larmes de couteau.

At 23, Eleanor was the youngest director ever accepted onto the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme (Royal Opera House, London). In February 2024, she was selected by Robert Carsen, winner of the Grand Prix de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts 2023/2024, as one of three young artists to share the prize fund. Eleanor was a semi-finalist in the 2025 European Opera Directing Prize and has won the Off West End Award for her productions of The Cunning Little Vixen (2023) and Eugene Onegin (2025) both for Hampstead Garden Opera.

In the 2025/26 season, Eleanor directs the world-premiere of Jane Eyre by John Joubert (Green Opera/Arcola Theatre, London) and productions of i Pagliacci (English Touring Opera) and Turandot (Opera Holland Park). 

Other recent productions include Eleanor Burke/Logan Lopez Gonzalez 555: Verlaine en Prison (La Monnaie/The Royal Opera House); Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh/Emily Hazrati TIDE (Aldeburgh Festival), Jake Heggie At the Statue of Venus / Poulenc La Voix humaine (Green Opera, Arcola Theatre); Bluebeard’s Castle (Green Opera); and William Gardner/Matthew Green The Prisoner (Royal College of Music, Winner: Stephen Oliver Award). 

As an Associate Director, Eleanor has worked with companies including Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne, Opera Ballett Vlaanderen, The Royal Opera House, Theater an der Wien and Wiener Staatsoper.