Opera by Antonín Dvořák, presented at Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège in 2024
“…a very visually successful version which owes a lot to the teamwork of Cordelia Chisholm on the sets, Simon Corder on the lights and Dick Straker on the video. All three compose a dreamlike universe specific to the fairy tale which delicately evokes both the underwater iridescence of the mermaid and the munificence of the prince’s palace.” – Tania Bracq, forumopera.com, 1 February 2024
Continue readingOpera by Giuseppe Verdi. Presented in the Hedeland open air amphitheatre August 2022.
“Well thought out by scenographer Simon Corder and costume designer Gøje Rostrup.”
– Henriette Devantier – Ungt Teaterblod, 7 August 2022.
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 readingOpera by Giuseppe Verdi, presented by Oldenburgisches Staatstheater in December 2019.
Continue readingA 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 readingA melodramma eroico pastorale in three acts by composer Antonio Vivaldi, presented by Wexford Festival Opera in the 2019 season.
Continue readingOpera by Jules Massenet, presented by Wexford Festival Opera in the 2019 season.
Continue readingOpera by Giuseppe Verdi, presented by Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2019. It will be revived in 2026.
Continue readingOpera 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.
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.
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