Robert Brill: Scenic Designer for Moby-Dick in 2012
For immediate release
July 15, 2009
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San Diego Opera Announces
Robert Brill
Scenic Designer for Moby-Dick in 2012
Two-time Tony Award© Nominee with Ties To Local Theatre Community Designed San Diego Opera’s production of Wozzeck in 2007
San Diego - July 15, 2009 - Tony Award-nominee Robert Brill will be scenic designer for Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s new opera, Moby-Dick. San Diego Opera, The Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera, Calgary Opera and The State Opera of South Australia have formed a consortium to create this new opera.
Robert Brill accepted the invitation from lead partner, The Dallas Opera, when designer Michael Yeargan, originally commissioned for the task, was forced to withdraw for personal reasons.Robert Brill has close ties to the local theatre community and is one of the founding members of Sledgehammer Theatre. He made his San Diego Opera design debut in 2007 with the Des McAnuff directed production of Wozzeck. Brill’s work has been seen locally on the stages of La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe Theatre, and the San Diego Repertory Theatre, among others.
Ian D. Campbell, General Director and Artistic Director of San Diego Opera said; “All in the consortium of opera companies are delighted that Robert Brill was available for this production, and we at San Diego Opera look forward to welcoming him back after his extraordinary Wozzeck in 2007.”
The world-premiere performance of Moby-Dick will take place in Dallas the evening of Friday, April 30, 2010 at the new Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.
San Diego Opera’s performances of Moby-Dick are on February 18, 21, 24 and 26, 2012.
Brill was nominated for a 2009 Tony Award for his exuberant set design for the recent Broadway revival of “Guys and Dolls.” His work was also honored with a 2004 Tony Award nomination for “Assassins;” a 2004 Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration; a 1996 Joseph Jefferson Award for Brill’s scenic design of a revival of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Buried Child” at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois; and a 1995 Joseph Jefferson Award for his set designs for “A Clockwork Orange,” also at Steppenwolf Theatre.
Mr. Brill’s extensive Broadway credits include scenic designs for “Guys and Dolls” 2009), “A Streetcar Named Desire” (2005), “The Good Body” (2004), “Laugh Whore” (2004), “Assassins” (2004), “Anna in the Tropics” (2003), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (2001), “Design for Living” (2001), “Cabaret” (1998), “The Rehearsal” (1996) and “Buried Child” (1996).
His other credits include “Sinatra” (Radio City Music Hall), “On the Record” (Disney Theatrical), “The Wiz” (La Jolla Playhouse), L’incoronazione di Poppea (Chicago Opera Theatre), La bohème (Minnesota Opera) and An American in Paris (Boston Ballet).
The 2010 International Season
| La bohème Giacomo Puccini | January 30, February 2, 5, 7 (m), 2010 |
| Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi | February 20, 23, 26, 28 (m), 2010 |
| Romeo and Juliet Charles Gounod | March 13, 16, 19, 21 (m), 2010 |
| La traviata Giuseppe Verdi | April 17, 20, 23, 25 (m), 2010 |
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General Information
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