Jessica Derventzis is a Toronto-based director, artistic director (Opera 5), coach, and most recently, licensed Funeral Director. Some favourite directing highlights include: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Opera 5, Dora Award nomination for Outstanding Opera Direction), Book of Faces and The Chair (Highlands Opera Studio), Die Zauberflöte, La Bohème (Opera Kelowna), La Bohème (Brott Opera), a selection from Tapestry Briefs Tasting Shorts (Tapestry Opera), Dido and Aeneas, La liberazione di Ruggiero (Opera McGill), The Medium, L’Heure Espagnole (Stu&Jess Productions), Our Town (Opera Nuova, Canadian premiere), Plaything (Musique 3 Femmes), and Cinderella, The Bremen Town Musicians (Calgary Opera). In 2018, she was awarded the Metcalf Foundation Performing Arts Internship grant to work with Tapestry Opera on directing, dramaturgy, and artistic direction. Jessica always loves partnering with companies and artists to workshop new Canadian works.