Madama Butterfly

Glyndebourne

Director: Annilese Miskimmon

Designer: Nicky Shaw

Photo ©Robbie Jack

Opera Credits

Mark’s opera designs have been seen across the USA, Europe and the Middle East. He received a nomination for the Knight of Illumination for Lulu at Welsh National Opera and later won the award for Vanessa at Glyndebourne.

Opera credits

    London South Bank

  • Götterdämmerung – London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski

    Staging: PJ Harris

  • Coming Soon – English National Opera

  • The Elixir of Love

    Director: Harry Fehr

    Set Designer: Nicky Shaw

    Costume Designer: Zahra Mansouri

  • English National Opera

  • Suor Angelica

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Yannis Thavoris

  • Grange Festival Opera

  • Tosca

    Director: Christopher Luscombe

    Designer: Simon Higlett

  • Glyndebourne

  • Madama Butterfly

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    Vanessa Winner of Knight of Illumination Award

    Director: Keith Warner

    Designer: Ashley Martin-Davis

    Projection Designer: Alex Uragallo

  • Longbrough Festival Opera

  • L’elisir d’amore

    Director: Max Hoehn

    Designer: Jemima Robinson

  • Garsington Opera at Wormsley

  • Die Zauberflöte

    Director: Des Netia Jones

    Designer: Des Netia Jones

    Semele

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    Le Nozze di Figaro

    Director: John Cox

    Designer: Robert Perdziola

    Il Turco in Italia

    Director: Martin Duncan

    Designer: Francis O’Connor

  • Welsh National Opera

  • Così fan Tutte

    Director: Max Hoehn

    Designer: Jemima Robinson

    Dead Man Walking

    Director: Martin Constantine

    Designer: Misty Buckley

    Costume: April Dalton

    Video: Hayley Egan

    The Consul

    Director: Max Hoehn

    Designer: Misty Buckley

    Costume: April Dalton

    Video: Hayley Egan

    The Prisoner/ Fidelio (Act 2)

    Director: Sir David Pountney

    Designer: Misty Buckley

    Costume: April Dalton

    Video: Hayley Egan

    Pelléas et Mélisande

    Director: Sir David Pountney

    Designer: Johan Engels

    Costume: Marie-Jeanne Lecca

    I Puritani

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Leslie Travers

    Costume: Marie-Jeanne Lecca

    Lulu Nominated for the Knight of Illumination Award

    Director: Sir David Pountney

    Designer: Johan Engels

    Costume: Marie-Jeanne Lecca

  • Scottish Opera

  • Orfeo ed Euridice

    Director: Ashley Page

    Designer: Johan Engels

    Jenufa Nominated Achievement in Opera, UK Theatre Awards 2015

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    Don Giovanni

    Director: Sir Thomas Allen

    Designer: Simon Higlett

    La Traviata

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    The Magic Flute

    Director: Sir Thomas Allen

    Designer: Simon Higlett

    Le nozze di Figaro

    Director: Sir Thomas Allen

    Designer: Simon Higlett

    Barbiere di Siviglia

    Director: Sir Thomas Allen

    Designer: Simon Higlett

    Orpheus ed Euridice

    Director: Anthony Fabian

    The Mikado

    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans

    Designer: Dick Bird

  • Buxton Festival

  • Alzira

    Director: Elijah Moshinsky

    Design: Russell Craig

    Idomeneo

    Director: Stephen Medcalf

    Design: Isabella Bywater

    The daughter of the Regiment

    Director: Jeff Clarke

    Design: Graham Wynne

  • Opera Holland Park, London

  • Il Segreto di Susanna

    Director: John Wilkie

    Designer: takis

    Iolanta

    Director: Olivia Fuchs

    Designer: takis

    Zazà

    Director: Marie Lambert

    Designer: Alyson Cummins

    Costume: Camille Assaf

    Iris

    Director: Olivia Fuchs

    Designer: Soutra Gilmour

    La Cenerentola

    Director: Oliver Platt

    Designer: Neil Irish

    L’Amore dei tre Re

    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans

    Designer: Jamie Vartan

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Director: Oliver Platt

    Designer: Neil Irish

    The Turn of the Screw

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Leslie Travers

    Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci

    Director: Stephen Barlow

    Designer: Yannis Thavoris

    Les Pêcheurs de Perles

    Director: Oliver Platt

    Designer: Colin Richmond

    Falstaff

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    Eugene Onegin

    Director: Daniel Slater

    Designer: Leslie Travers

    L’Amico Fritz

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    Don Pasquale

    Director: Stephen Barlow

    Designer: Colin Richmond

    La Forza del Destino

    Director: Martin Duncan

    Designer: Alison Chitty

    Francesca da Rimini

    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans

    Designer: Jamie Varten

    Barber of Seville, The Seraglio, Betly, Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana, Gianni Schicchi, Rigoletto

    Director: Daniel Dooner

    Ruddigore

    Director: John Savournin

    Designer: Madeleine Boyd

    Pagliacci

    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans

    Designer: Bridget Kimak

  • British Youth Opera

  • The Enchanted Island

    Director: Stuart Barker

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    The Rake’s Progress

    Director: Stephen Unwin

    Designer: James Cotterill

  • Potsdam Sanssouci

  • La Finta Semplice

    Director: Stephen Lawless

    Design: Benoît Dugardyn

  • Opera Northern Ireland

  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Director: Stephen Lawless

  • Liceu, Barcelona

  • I Puritani

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Leslie Travers

  • Washington National Opera

  • Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

    Director: William Friedkin

    Gianni Schicchi

    Director: William Friedkin

  • Bayerische Staatsoper

  • Das Gehege

    Director: William Friedkin

    Stage Design: Hans Schavernoch

    Salome

    Director: William Friedkin

    Stage Design: Hans Schavernoch

  • The Royal Swedish Opera

  • Jenufa

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    Pelléas et Mélisande

    Director: Keith Warner

    Designer: Ashley Martin-Davis

  • Royal Danish Opera

  • Dead Man Walking

    Director: Orpha Phelan

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

  • Danish National Opera/Den Jyske Opera

  • I Puritani

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Leslie Travers

    La Cenerentola (Askepot)

    Director: Oliver Platt

    Designer: Neil Irish

    Jenufa

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

    Don Quichotte

    Director: Annilese Miskimmon

    Designer: Nicky Shaw

  • Theater an der Wien

  • Giulio Cesare

    Director: Keith Warner

    Designer: Ashley Martin-Davis

    Mathis der Maler

    Director: Keith Warner

    Stage Designer: Johan Engels

    Costumes: Emma Ryot

    Les Contes d’Hoffmann

    Director: William Friedkin

    Designer: Michael Curry

    The Rape of Lucretia

    Director: Keith Warner

    Designer: Ashley Martin-Davis

  • Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

  • Vēc Makropulos

    Director: William Friedkin

    Stage Designer: Michael Curry

    Costumes: Andrea Schmidt-Futterer

  • Los Angeles Opera

  • Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica

    Director: William Friedkin

    Designer: Santo Loquasto

    Gianni Schicchi

    Director: Woody Allen

    Designer: Santo Loquasto

    Handel & Gretel

    Director: Doug Fitch

    Designer: Doug Fitch

    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Director: William Friedkin

    Falstaff

    Director: Stephen Lawless

    Don Pasquale

    Director: Stephen Lawless

    Peter Grimes

    Director: John Schlesinger

    Designer: Luciana Arrighi

  • Finnish National Opera

  • Der Freischutz

    Director: Juha Hemanus

    Designer: Ruari Murchison

  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans

    Designer: Ruari Murchison

    The Tale of Januarie

    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans

    Designer: Dick Bird

    The Rape of Lucretia

    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans

    Designer: Jamie Vartan

    Chérubin

    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans

    Designer: Bridget Kimak

  • Guildhall  & Banff Festival

  • Owen WIngrave

    Director: Kelly Robinson

    Designer: Madeleine Boyd

  • York Festival

  • Orlando

    Director: Julian Hope

  • Kuwait National Theatre

  • The Memoirs of a Sailor

    Director: Leo Warner

    Design: 59 Productions

  • Bolzano

  • Lulu

    Director: Sir David Pountney

    Designer: Johan Engels

    Costumes: Marie-Jeanne Lecca

  • Spoleto Festival, Italy & Teatro Real Madrid

  • Gianni Schicchi

    Director: Woody Allen

    Designer: Santo Loquasto

  • Opera National du Rhin, Strasbourg

  • Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

    Director: Stephen Lawless

    Stage Designer: Benoit Dugardyn

    Costumes: Sue Willmington

  • Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp & Ghent

  • Venus & Adonis, Dido & Aeneas

    Director: Stephen Lawless

    Designer: Benoit Dugardyn

    Costumes: Lez Brotherston

  • Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv

  • Samson & Delila

    Director: William Friedkin

    Carmen

    Director: Stephen Lawless

  • Glyndbourne on Tour (1982- 1992)

  • Cosi Fan Tutte

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    The Rake’s Progress

    Idomeneo

    Albert Herring

    Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

  • Opera East

  • Cavaleria Rusticana, The Grace of Todd