Margaret Jumonville is an opera stage director based in Austin, Texas. Her interests as a director include innovation within the art from, queer representation in opera (with a focus on pants roles!), and demystifying acting methods for singers. She gives private dramatic coaching and acting & movement classes for opera singers. She is also a co-director of Tetractys, a new music organization in Austin.
Margaret has trained in the Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Viewpoints with the SITI Company. As a directing student, Margaret was a Fellowship Director with Opera NEO, Opera Steamboat, and Chicago Summer Opera.
She holds a BA from the University of Notre Dame, MM in Voice from Duquesne University and MM in Directing from the University of Texas at Austin, and DMA in Opera Directing from the University of Texas at Austin.