Marinette Gomez

Gomez is a second-year Ryan Opera Center member in the recently created Ensemble position of Stage Director. This season at Lyric, she will work on Medea, Salome, and El último sueño de Frida y Diego, following last season’s contributions to La Bohème, The Marriage of Figaro, and Fidelio. As part of an emerging artists team, Gomez received a 2025 Robert L. B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize from OPERA America for a production concept of Breaking the Waves. Recent highlights include directing Handel’s Silla for Chicago Summer Opera, serving as a Young Artist Assistant Director for the Glimmerglass Festival’s Pagliacci, being a Directing Fellow at the Metropolitan Opera, and assisting at Rice University for Eugene Onegin. The Orlando, Florida native also staged a production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica for Bold City Opera at St. John’s Cathedral in Jacksonville, Florida. As Assistant Director for University of North Florida’s opera program, Gomez directed various productions and scenes, and she staged concerts of La Bohème and The Magic Flute for the Jacksonville Symphony.

^{Last updated: September 3, 2025}