Born in Ottawa, Canada, Daniel Dooner studied English and drama at the universities of Toronto and London.  He is a staff director at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and has worked extensively in Britain and Europe. He has directed major revivals at Covent Garden (Rigoletto, Cosi fan tutte,  La Traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Don Pasquale, Un Ballo in Maschera, L’Elisir d’Amore, Fidelio), La Scala (Lohengrin), Glyndebourne  (Owen Wingrave, Kát’a Kabanová, The Makropulos Case, Jenůfa, Tristan und Isolde), English National Opera (Parsifal) and the Canadian Opera Company  (Cosi fan tutte). In July 2011 he co-directed Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production of Elektra at the Salzburg Festival.