Openings Spring 2016

Hilary Davan Wetton will be conducting in the spring for the Last Night of the Spring Proms at the Royal Festival Hall on April 2^nd.

At the Royal Opera House on Thursday 7^th April a new production of Lucia Di Lammermoor opens at the Royal Opera House, with lighting by Jon Clark. Later in the spring Kenneth Macmillan’s The Invitation opens on May 28^th, with lighting designed by John B Read.

At Glyndebourne there will be two consecutive openings, firstly Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,  choreographed by Andrew George, opens on May 21^st, followed by Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Annabel Arden, with sets designed by Joanna Parker, opening on May 22^nd.

Over in the US, Lee Blakeley directs a revival of the Paris Châtelet’s The King and I at the Lyric Opera Chicago, with costumes designed by Jean Marc-Puissant, opening on April 29th. This is followed by a new production of Macbeth for Opera Theatre St Louis, also directed by Lee Blakeley with sets designed by Alex Eales, and costumes by Mark Bouman, opening on May 28^th.