Lorna Haywood
b. 1939 (Birmingham)
Lorna Haywood (born January 29, 1939, in Birmingham) is an Anglo-American operatic soprano and opera director. She studied at the Royal College of Music with Mary Parsons and Gordon Clinton, then at the Juilliard School with Sergius Kagen and Beverly Peck Johnson.
Haywood made her stage debut at Covent Garden in 1966 and was later most closely associated with English National Opera. She was regarded as one of the finest performers of leading roles in Leoš Janáček’s operas, including Katya Kabanova, Jenůfa, and The Makropulos Affair.
After ending her singing career in 1998, she made her debut as an opera director. She directed about 30 productions at opera houses in Madison, San Jose, and Norfolk, as well as in Italy, Spain, and Norway.