Conversations at the Chapel – JOHN MACFARLANE

Upstairs at the Chapel

Thursday 10th April 2025, 7.30pm

In conversation with Alastair Laurence

John Macfarlane is regarded internationally as one of the leading designers of stage sets and costumes for Opera, Ballet and Theatre. His many Opera designs include Peter Grimes, Die Zauberflöte, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and L’Heure espagnole/Gianni Schicchi (Royal Opera), Hansel and Gretel (WNO/Metropolitan Opera, New York), Queen of Spades (WNO), War and Peace (Opéra Bastille), Clemenza di Tito (Paris Opéra), Trojans (ENO), Don Giovanni (La Monnaie/San Francisco), Elektra and Rusalka (Chicago Lyric Opera), Rake’s Progress (Scottish Opera), Maria Stuarda , Tosca, Flying Dutchman and Agrippina (all for Metropolitan Opera) and recently Macbeth (Chicago).

Dance designs include numerous works for Jiri Kylian, Sir Peter Wright’s Giselle (Royal Ballet, London), Glen Tetley’s La Ronde and Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein, Asphodel Meadows, Sweet Violets and The Age of Anxiety (Royal Ballet), Hummingbird (San Francisco Ballet). He also created The Nutcracker for Sir Peter Wright and Cinderella (both at Birmingham Royal Ballet). In 2018 he designed the sets and costumes for Swan Lake (Royal Ballet).

He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2021 John was awarded Outstanding Creative Contribution by the Critics Circle at the National Dance Awards (London).

A collection of his works, published by Graffeg Books is now on sale. John Macfarlene: Theatre Design and Studio

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