Tabatha McFadyen is an Australian director, choreographer, and performer. She was born in Dubbo, Australia, and now lives in Berlin.
Her recent and upcoming projects include Medusa (La Monnaie / De Munt – choreography and assistant director), Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Staatsoper Unter den Linden – choreography and assistant director), Der Rosenkavalier (Zurich Opera House – choreography), Tannhäuser (Vienna State Opera – choreography and assistant director) and Chowanschtschina (Staatsoper Unter den Linden – choreographic collaboration and assistant director).
She has worked with internationally renowned directors such as Lydia Steier, Claus Guth, Peter Sellars, Robert Carsen, Mariame Clément, Calixto Bieito, Barrie Kosky, and Constantine Costi, as well as with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Kirill Petrenko, Bertrand de Billy, Simone Young, Alexander Soddy, Thomas Guggeis, and Marin Alsop.
McFadyen originally trained as a classical singer and performed extensively in Australia and Europe. She won the Mietta Song Competition, the National Liederfest, and the Antonín Dvořák Competition. She completed her Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium (Griffith University) with First Class Honors and the University Medal and went on to complete postgraduate studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. From 2022 to 2025, she was engaged at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden as a stage manager and assistant director.
In her thesis, she examined the demands of the vocal line in the third movement of Schoenberg's Second String Quartet – excellent conversation material for a dinner party.