My Journey

Harvey Evans is a Welsh bilingual director who tells bold, collaborative stories rooted in music, community, and curiosity.

A graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he trained as a Baritone, Harvey founded May Street Opera to make work that is accessible and inclusive. Productions at RWCMD included a one-hour adaptation of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and The Egg, a piece devised with composer Tomos Owen Jones, inspired by Andy Weir’s short story.

Recent credits include Gwlad! Gwlad!, a bold new play for Awen and the National Eisteddfod in Pontypridd — an epic exploration of Wales’s national anthem told through powerful, episodic storytelling. Harvey also created The Game, a short film about grassroots rugby with Operasonic, funded by the Arts Council of Wales and the British Council’s Wales in France Cultural Fund, and has represented Operasonic at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the 2023 RESEO Conference.

Harvey has worked as an Assistant and Associate Director for companies including Welsh National Youth Opera and Bampton Classical Opera.

Upcoming projects include directing La Traviata for Wedmore Opera and The Bartered Bride for Bristol Opera. He is also currently research and developing a new musical and a baby opera.