George R. Miller is a director and a producer of operatic performance. He is dedicated to platforming, reimagining, and deconstructing historical repertoire, as well as developing and championing newly created works. With a background in classical music composition and contemporary visual art, George's multidisciplinary and site-responsive approach focuses on text, image, and poetic gesture, often interrogating themes of embodiment and power. His productions have been called  “stunning” (LA Dance Chronicle) and "superbly directed" (San Francisco Classical Voice), "coalescing into one undeniable impact" (San Francisco Classical Voice).

Professional highlights include directorial work presented by Opera Philadelphia, Long Beach Opera, REDCAT, Opera Saratoga, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pioneer Works, The Berggruen Institute, Pageant, and Wild Up among others.

This past year, George opened Long Beach Opera’s season to high acclaim with a world premiere production of the monodrama ISOLA by composer Alyssa Weinberg and poet J. Mae Barizo. He is currently developing a new production of Franz Schubert’s Winterreise with award-winning bass-baritone William Socolof, along with an adaptation of Alban Berg’s rarely-staged song cycle Sieben Frühe Lieder with composer-performers Eliza Bagg and Rohan Chander. In spring 2025, George joined The Manhattan School of Music as a guest director to lead a new production of Handel’s Rinaldo with the Graduate Vocal Arts Division, resetting the baroque comedy as a WWE wrestling match. Voce Di Mache, the notorious blog reviewer of NYC student productions says: “Miller’s work doesn’t speak, it screams.”, “No wonder the young cast and young audience enjoy it so much.”

Throughout his development, George has worked with companies and presenters in America and abroad, including the The American Repertory Theater, American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), Beth Morrison Projects, The Brooklyn Museum, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lisson Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Ravinia Festival & PBS Great Performances, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Savvy Contemporary (Berlin), and with artists such as Peter Sellars, Thuthuka Sibisi, Zack Winokur, Anthony Roth Costanzo, James Darrah, Kevin Newbury, Kayla Farrish, and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons. 

In Fall 2023, George was a lead Producer for the performance-art organization Performa, founded by art historian RoseLee Goldberg, where he worked to produce the Performa23 Biennial in New York City; specifically developing work with artists Nikita Gale, Teo Ala-Ruona, KMRU, and Alexa West.

This website is currently under construction. For now, portfolio and CV are available upon request. Please don’t hesitate to reach out.