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. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Opera
Guillaume Tell – Melbourne
Opera by Gioachino Rossini. Presented as ‘William Tell’ by Victorian Opera at The Palais Theatre St. Kilda, Melbourne, July 2018.
“… with such an effusion of stage smoke that it’s a wonder anyone could sing.” – Patricia Maunder, ArtsHub, 16 July 2018. Continue reading
La Traviata – London
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Presented at Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2018. Continue reading
Ariadne auf Naxos – Gothenburg
Opera by Richard Strauss. Presented by Göteborg Opera in 2018 in a co-production with Opera North in Leeds, scheduled to be presented there Autumn 2020. Continue reading
Knight Of Illumination
Simon Corder was honoured as a Knight Of Illumination in 2017. Continue reading
The 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
“There are some wonderful moments early on, where sudden tricks of light make Herman’s social world look sinister and grotesque, and we become acutely aware of the proximity of reality and nightmare in his mind.” – Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 3 August 2016 Continue reading
Ariane – London
Opera by Bohuslav Martinů, written in 1958 – presented in a Martinů double bill with Alexandre Bis at the Silk Street Theatre at the Barbican for Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Continue reading
Tosca – Xi’an
Opera by Giacomo Puccini. The first staged opera at Xi’an Concert Hall. A single performance was given on 18th December 2015. Continue reading
Così fan tutte – Kanli Kula
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Presented by Operosa at the fortress of Kanli Kula, Herceg Novi, Montenegro. A single performance was given on 22 August 2015. Continue reading
San Giovanni Battista – London
Opera by Alessandro Stradella. The first opera production in the new Milton Court Theatre at The Barbican, in a baroque double bill with The Cooper, for Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Continue reading