Antony Mcdonald

Director - Designer

Biography

As a director-designer Antony McDonald's credits include 4/4 - Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (ROH), Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (Irish National Opera, ROH), Der Ring des Nibelungen (NederlandseReisopera), Rusalka, The Queen of Spades and Fidelio (Grange Park Opera), Lohengrin (WNO, Polish National Opera, Greek National Opera), Powder Her Face (INO), Maria Stuarda(Opera North), L’Enfant et les sortilèges(Bolshoi), Tristan und Isolde (Opéra national du Rhin), The Importance of Being Earnest (Northern Ireland Opera), Die Gezeichneten(St Gallen), Ariadne auf Naxos (Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park), Werther (Bergen National Opera) and On The Town and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Japan). He has also designed for the RSC, Royal Court, Old Vic, Almeida, NT and Scottish Ballet. McDonald was nominated for the 2023 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for his design for Alcina (ROH) and he won Set Designer of the Year at the 2013 International Opera Awards. He is a Royal Designer for Industry.

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