A finalist for the 2024 International Opera Awards in the Director category, American director Louisa Muller is quickly rising to prominence for her versatility and work of "complex finesse" (The Guardian). Louisa's recent production of The Turn of the Screw for Garsington Opera was the recipient of a Royal Philharmonic Society Award and named by The Guardian as one of the Top Ten Classical Music Performances of the Year.

This season Louisa revives her acclaimed productions of La Traviata in her debut with Dallas Opera and The Turn of the Screw for her return to Santa Fe Opera. She also directs a new production of Dialogues des Carmélites for The Juilliard School and directs the National Opera Studio residency at Opera North. Last season, she returned to Garsington Opera to direct Platée and made debuts with Santa Fe Opera with La Traviata for the company's opening night and Pinchgut Opera with Rinaldo, all new productions.

Future engagements include new productions for the Metropolitan Opera, MusikTheater an der Wien, and Opera North, as well as revivals of her productions at Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago.

She has directed at the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Houston Grand Opera, New York Philharmonic, Edinburgh International Festival, Minnesota Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Colorado, Boston Baroque, Philharmonia Baroque, The Juilliard School, and Opera Queensland.