Nora Winsler is currently the Stage Director in the Studio Artist program at The Atlanta Opera. For the past two seasons, Winsler held the position of Resident Assistant Director at Virginia Opera. After touring seven productions with the company and directing their 2022 outreach show, Jack & The Beanstalk, Winsler returned to Virginia Opera in the Fall of 2023 to direct Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Tapped as an assistant director by leading directors, Winsler has worked with Tara Faircloth, Kevin Newbury, Joachim Schamberger and Mary Birnbaum. In 2022, she contributed to the success of two productions at the Glimmerglass Festival working with Francessca Zambello and Brenna Corner (Tenor Overboard) and Kimille Howard (The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson). Previous directing credits include All is Calm and Extraordinary Women at Opera North and Hänsel und Gretel at Luray Opera in 2017. She was honored with the Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize for Choreography.