2023 – My First winter trail !
Appointed for my experience with zoos and night-zoo lighting, working with the Culture Creative team, a great family night out for the good people of Cheshire!
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Reviews 2011-2020
Opera Triple Bill – London
A triple bill of operas: Il segreto di Susanna by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari; Zanetto by Pietro Mascagni; Rita by Gaetano Donizetti. Presented by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama at the Barbican Silk Street Theatre in times of Covid-19. Without an audience, the seating removed to make space for a socially distanced orchestra of fifty players. The production was live-streamed. Continue reading
Chimelong Safari Park
Chimelong Safari Park is one of a cluster of leisure attractions and hotels in Guangzhou run by the Chimelong Group, it is the biggest wildlife theme park in Asia. Simon has a twenty-year association with the group since designing lighting for Night Zoo, which opened in 2000. Continue reading
La Cucina & Adina – Wexford
A double bill of linked one-act operas – La Cucina by Andrew Synnott and Adina by Gioachino Rossini. Presented at Wexford Festival Opera in the 2019 season. Continue reading
Dorilla in Tempe – Wexford
A melodramma eroico pastorale in three acts by composer Antonio Vivaldi, presented by Wexford Festival Opera in the 2019 season. Continue reading
Don Quichotte – Wexford
Opera by Jules Massenet, presented by Wexford Festival Opera in the 2019 season. Continue reading
Un ballo in maschera – London
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, presented by Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2019. Continue reading
Green Bird – Shanghai
A new piece of musical theatre for children based on the play written by Carlo Gozzi in 1765. The show was developed from a version of the play written by David Bridel, it was adapted by Qi Xiaoyun, with music by Wuwei. The Green Bird was supported by the Chinese National Art Foundation. Continue reading
Lucia di Lammermoor – Opera Hedeland
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti. Presented in the Hedeland open air amphitheatre August 2018.
“The scenography of Simon Corder fits perfectly”
– Henriette Devantier – Ungt Teaterblod, 6 August 2018.