David McVicar
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David McVicar (1967, Glasgow) is a Scottish opera and theatre director. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
[edit] Selected productions
- Agrippina: La Monnaie, Théâtre des Champs Elysées
- Alcina: Bilbao, Oviedo
- Billy Budd: Lyric Opera of Chicago
- La bohème: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Carmen: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- La clemenza di Tito: English National Opera
- Les contes d'Hoffmann: Salzburg Festival, Vlaamse Opera
- Don Giovanni: La Monnaie
- Faust: La Monnaie
- Fidelio: New Zealand International Arts Festival
- Giulio Cesare: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Hamlet: Opera North
- Idomeneo: Vlaamse Opera, Scottish Opera
- L'incoronazione di Poppea: Théâtre des Champs Elysées, L'Opéra national du Rhin
- Macbeth: Mariinsky Theatre, Royal Opera House
- Madama Butterfly: Scottish Opera
- Manon: New Zealand Opera, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: La Monnaie
- The Rape of Lucretia: Aldeburgh Festival
- Il re pastore: Opera North
- Rigoletto: Royal Opera House
- Der Rosenkavalier: Opera North, Scottish Opera
- Semele: Théâtre des Champs Elysées, L'Opéra national du Rhin
- Sweeney Todd: Opera North
- Tamerlano: Deutsche Oper am Rhein
- Tosca: English National Opera
- Die Zauberflöte: La Monnaie
[edit] Video recordings
McVicar's productions of Faust, Die Zauberflöte and Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and his Carmen at Glyndebourne, are all available on DVD.
[edit] External links
- http://www.mariinsky.ru/print/en/opera/mcvicar Biography of David McVicar
- http://www.positivenation.co.uk/issue90/regulars/artspage/arts_special.htm Interview with Positive Nation
- http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article342211.ece Interview with the Independent