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, English National Opera
• 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 and much-acclaimed Giulio Cesare 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