Elio Bucky (they/he) is an opera stage director with an interdisciplinary background as a singer, composer, and projection designer. Their work celebrates plurality, truth, and innovation in the creative process.

This season, Elio joins The Atlanta Opera as the 24/25 Studio Stage Director. They will serve as an assistant director for their productions of Rent, La bohème, The Magic Flute, Macbeth, Siegfried, and Semele. In February, Elio reunites with conductor John Morris Russell to direct The Seven Deadly Sins with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and artists from Wolf Trap Opera. As a projection designer, their work will be seen in Ana María Martínez’s Noche Española recital at Rice University and Die Fledermaus at Binghamton University 

Elio studied voice & opera performance at Northwestern University and opera directing at the Butler Opera Center. They have held prestigious directing fellowships at Wolf Trap Opera and the Music Academy of the West, and trained as a singer at the Chautauqua Institution.