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. In 2007 The Independent ranked him among the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain.[1]
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[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 , Copenhagen Opera House
- 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] References
- ^ The Independent, (May 6, 2007), The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay. Retrieved June 25, 2007.
[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