David mcvicar biography
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David McVicar
British opera director
Sir David McVicar (born 1966) is a Scottish opera and theatre director.
Biography
[edit]McVicar was born in Glasgow in 1966.[1][2] He studied as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1989. In 2007, The Independent ranked him among the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain.[3] He was the guest on the BBC's Desert Island Discs on 5 October 2008.
He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to opera.[4][5]
Selected productions
[edit]- Adriana Lecouvreur: Royal Opera House
- Andrea Chenier: Royal Opera House
- Agrippina: La Monnaie, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, English National Opera
- Aida: Royal Opera House
- Alcina: Bilbao, Oviedo, English National Opera[6]
- Anna Bolena: Metropolitan Opera 2011
- Billy Budd: Lyric Opera of Chicago
- La bohème: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- La Cal
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David McVicar
David McVicar was born in Glasgow and trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). He was knighted in 2012 for his services to opera and made Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. His productions staged across the UK include Le nozze di Figaro, Salome, AdrianaLecouvreur, Aida, LesTroyens and Death in Venice (RBO); DerRosenkavalier, TheTurnoftheScrew and Médée (English National Opera); and GiulioCesare, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Glyndebourne Festival). His Scottish Opera credits include Il trittico, Falstaff, PelléasandMélisande, TheRake’sProgress, Cosìfantutte, Latraviata, MadamaButterfly, DerRosenkavalier and Idomeneo. He has worked extensively in Europe including at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris Opera, Opéra National du Rhin Strasbourg, Liceu, Barcel
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David McVicar was born in Glasgow and trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). He was knighted in 2012 for his services to opera and made Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres bygd the French Government.
His productions have been staged across the UK, including Le Nozze di Figaro, Salome, Adriana Lecouvreur, Aida, Les Troyens and Death in Venice, Andrea Chenier at the Royal Opera House; Der Rosenkavalier, The vända of the Screw, and Medee at the English National Opera; Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg, Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne Festival musikdrama and for Scottish musikdrama Falstaff, Pelléas and Mélisande, The Rake’s Progress, Cosìfan tutte, La traviata, Madama Butterfly, Der Rosenkavalier and Idomeneo.
He has worked extensively In europe productions include Death in Venice (Volksoper in Vienna), Semele at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Pari