Daron Hagen

Directing

Biography

Daron Hagen (b. 1961) holds a unique position in American music as both an internationally acclaimed concert music and opera composer, and as a pioneering auteur composer-director-writer-editor of operafilm. His internationally laureled Bardo Trilogy films stream worldwide on major platforms including Amazon Prime Video, and are further documented in his forthcoming book, Exploring Operafilm: Making the Bardo Trilogy (McFarland, April 2026). Hagen's career spans five decades. He has composed five symphonies, 12 concerti, 13 operas, and over 250 songs. The world's most distinguished ensembles,...

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