HERBERT KELLNER graduated from Indiana University with a masters degree in Opera Stage Direction in 1975. That year he joined the production staff of Lyric Opera of Chicago as an Assistant Stage Manager.

HERBERT KELLNER has stage managed and assistant directed there. In 1987 he made his directing debut at the Lyric with a production of Puccini's Tosca with Renato Scotto and Sherrill Milnes in the leading