George R. Miller is an American theater director, working primarily in opera. He is dedicated to platforming, interrogating, and reimagining historical repertoire, as well as championing and developing newly created multidisciplinary works. Through sound, text, image, and action, Miller is committed to art about the body, its voice, its environment, the social and political power it has or doesn’t have, and its capacity for transformation. His productions have been described as “stunning” (LA Dance Chronicle), “superbly directed” (San Francisco Classical Voice), “coalescing into one undeniable impact” (San Francisco Classical Voice).
George’s directorial work has been presented by Opera Philadelphia, REDCAT’s NOW Festival, Long Beach Opera, Manhattan School of Music, Opera Saratoga, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pioneer Works, The Berggruen Institute, Pageant, and Wild Up, among others. Highlights from the 2025-2026 season include his Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall) debut with poet and composer J. Mae Barizo and The Knights orchestra; his European debut with writer, musician, and performance-artist Johanna Hedva at Berlin’s Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2), followed by an artists’ residency at the Mahler & LeWitt Studios in Spoleto, Italy, where they further developed the work; directing a series of productions as a guest artist with the opera program at UCLA, including Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of The Screw, a fully staged evening of Mozart scenes with the UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra, and Handel’s Lucrezia; and directing a double bill recital of Alban Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder and Francis Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine at The Juilliard School.
In fall 2026, George will begin a Master in Fine Arts in Directing at Columbia University, where he will study with Anne Bogart, Katie Mitchell, Oskar Eustis, Sarah Benson, and Brian Kulick.
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