Described as having “a gift for translating classic symbolism into familiar detail" with work that is “transfixingly personal,”  EVE SUMMER's recent directing credits include Ariodante (Boston Baroque), Trouble in Tahiti (The Glimmerglass Festival), Rigoletto, Tosca, Don Giovanni (Opera Columbus), Così fan tutte, Les Mamelles de Tirésias/The Seven Deadly Sins, Albert Herring (The Curtis Institute), The Barber of Seville (Opera Saratoga), The Little Prince (Tulsa Opera), Don Giovanni (Opera Carolina), and L’elisir d’amore, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, The Pirates of Penzance, Don Giovanni, The Mikado, Le docteur Miracle, Così fan tutte (Opera Grand Rapids). Acclaimed for her “approach [which] refreshes hope for the future of opera” additional recent credits include: The Pearl Fishers (Opera Tampa and Opera in Williamsburg), La Traviata (Annapolis Opera), The Tales of Hoffmann (Opera Orlando and Opera in Williamsburg), La donna del lago (Resonance Works), Xerxes (Connecticut Early Music Festival), La clemenza di Tito, Little Women (Boston University Opera Institute), and Le nozze di Figaro (Knoxville Opera).