
Peter J. Davison
From: United Kingdom. LA Opera: Der Rosenkavalier (1994, debut); Porgy and Bess (2007).
Peter J. Davison's work in opera includes designing sets for Rebecca and The Marriage of Figaro (Vienna); Die Gezeichneten, Falstaff and Die Schweigsame Frau (Zurich); Capriccio (Berlin and Torino); Der Rosenkavalier, Carmen and Mary Stuart (ENO); Anna Bolena (Bayerische Staatsoper); Katya Kabanova (New Zealand); Mitridate Re Di Ponto (Salzburg); Manon Lescaut (Australia); The Rake’s Progress, The Marriage of Figaro and Cyrano de Bergerac (Metropolitan Opera); The Queen of Spades (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); Guillaume Tell (Opera Bastille); Fidelio, Die Walküre, Porgy and Bess, Salome, La Forza Del Destino and La Traviata (Washington); La Boheme (Royal Albert Hall), La Rondine (La Fenice); and Cyrano de Bergerac (La Scala).
His theater credits include The Liar (Old Vic), The White Devil, Don Carlos and The Duchess of Malfi (RSC); Bed, Le Cid, Copenhagen, Democracy and Afterlife (National Theatre); Medea, Hamlet, Deuce, Copenhagen, Democracy, Is he Dead and Blithe Spirit (Broadway), St Joan Embers (West End, London), Copenhagen (Chichester Festival Theatre). He has designed the musicals The Boy from Oz (Sydney), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK/USA Tour, Broadway), Whistle Down the Wind (West End), Showboat (Royal Albert Hall), Rebecca (Vienna, St Gallen and Stuttgart), Marie Antoinette (Bremen), Spiral (China), Showboat (Lyric Opera Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, Dallas Opera), Der Besuch der Alten Dame (Austria), West Side Story (Houston, Glimmergalss, Chicago, Kansas, Atlanta) and The Sound of Music (Glimmerglass)
He was nominated for a Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Award for Medea. He won the Best Designer at the 1994 Martini/TMA award for Medea and St Joan and a Schikaneder award for Besuch der Alten Dame. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Le Cid and St Joan.
Peter J. Davison's work in opera includes designing sets for Rebecca and The Marriage of Figaro (Vienna); Die Gezeichneten, Falstaff and Die Schweigsame Frau (Zurich); Capriccio (Berlin and Torino); Der Rosenkavalier, Carmen and Mary Stuart (ENO); Anna Bolena (Bayerische Staatsoper); Katya Kabanova (New Zealand); Mitridate Re Di Ponto (Salzburg); Manon Lescaut (Australia); The Rake’s Progress, The Marriage of Figaro and Cyrano de Bergerac (Metropolitan Opera); The Queen of Spades (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); Guillaume Tell (Opera Bastille); Fidelio, Die Walküre, Porgy and Bess, Salome, La Forza Del Destino and La Traviata (Washington); La Boheme (Royal Albert Hall), La Rondine (La Fenice); and Cyrano de Bergerac (La Scala).
His theater credits include The Liar (Old Vic), The White Devil, Don Carlos and The Duchess of Malfi (RSC); Bed, Le Cid, Copenhagen, Democracy and Afterlife (National Theatre); Medea, Hamlet, Deuce, Copenhagen, Democracy, Is he Dead and Blithe Spirit (Broadway), St Joan Embers (West End, London), Copenhagen (Chichester Festival Theatre). He has designed the musicals The Boy from Oz (Sydney), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK/USA Tour, Broadway), Whistle Down the Wind (West End), Showboat (Royal Albert Hall), Rebecca (Vienna, St Gallen and Stuttgart), Marie Antoinette (Bremen), Spiral (China), Showboat (Lyric Opera Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, Dallas Opera), Der Besuch der Alten Dame (Austria), West Side Story (Houston, Glimmergalss, Chicago, Kansas, Atlanta) and The Sound of Music (Glimmerglass)
He was nominated for a Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Award for Medea. He won the Best Designer at the 1994 Martini/TMA award for Medea and St Joan and a Schikaneder award for Besuch der Alten Dame. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Le Cid and St Joan.