HUBE MAGAZINE: Interview with Netia Jones

https://hubemag.com/netia-jones-on-the-future-of-opera-interview

Netia Jones, award-winning international opera director, film-maker, set designer, and director of Lightmap Studios, is as enmeshed within the opera as one can be. Renowned for her integration of cutting-edge technology into her shows and irreplicable out-of-theatre installations, Jones is pioneering forward the future of opera. In May of 2026, she will be leading the world-premier of the Baroque work, Ercole Amante, with the Paris Opera for its first ever staged debut, unmasking the timeless relevance of what could be mistaken for an ancient story. Jones understands every facet of opera and is able to hold its contradictions: able to revel in the pure adoration of the art form at its best, critique and reckon with its faults, and look forward with hope and realism for the future. Netia Jones sits down with hube to discuss her work at the opera and how she hopes to see the medium adapt and change along with the 21st century.