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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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 readingUn ballo in maschera – Oldenburg
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, presented by Oldenburgisches Staatstheater in December 2019.
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Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, presented by Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2019. It will be revived in 2026.
Continue readingGreen 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 readingLa Traviata – London
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Presented at Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2018.
The production was revived at Opera Holland Park in the summer 2021, and again in 2025!
Ariadne auf Naxos – Gothenburg, Leeds
Opera by Richard Strauss. Presented by Göteborg Opera in 2018.
A co-production with Opera North, presented in Leeds and on tour in 2023
Knight Of Illumination
Simon Corder was honoured as a Knight Of Illumination in 2017.
Continue readingRobbenzaal – Amsterdam
Refurbishment and development of the sea lion gallery at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam.
Continue readingThe Queen of Spades – London
Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, presented by Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2016.
“The nightmarish hallucinatory quality of the music in the final scenes is reflected in lighting designer Simon Corder’s shifting play of light and shadows.” – Clare Colvin, Daily Express, 7 August 2016
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