"working title" (a dialogue), 7 december 2022, photo by jan hordijk

Meia Oei

meia is a maker, singer, reader, performer, grad student
passionate about rethinking opera

currently:- directing intern @ dutch national opera
- comparative literary studies (rma, utrecht university)
- new audiences and innovative practice (ma, royal conservatoire the hague)

i hold a ba in literary studies from the university of utrecht and a ba in classical voice (with a minor in early music voice) from the royal conservatoire the hague.my research interests centre around intermediality/ mediation, temporality, hauntology, queer theory, paratext, memory studies, interdisciplinarity, performativity, performance, embodiment, identity, and vocal modalities/ affective textures (or the many ways voices can be used to tell a story)

formerly:
- communication and dramaturgy @ opera2day