David McVicar

Birthplace:
Glasgow, Scotland

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Director:
2001  Rigoletto
2002  Carmen
2003  The Magic Flute
2004  Faust
2005  Giulio Cesare
2007  Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
2010  Adriana Lecouvreur
2011  Faust - Covent Garden
2011  The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena
2011  The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
2011  Verdi: Il Trovatore
2012  Les Troyens
2012  Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2013  Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
2013  The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
2015  Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
2015  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - The San Francisco Opera
2015  Giordano: Andrea Chernier
2015  Les Troyens - San Francisco Opera
2015  The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
2017  Bellini: Norma
2017  Royal Opera House: The Magic Flute
2017  The ROH Live: Rigoletto
2018  Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper
2018  Tosca
2019  The Marriage of Figaro - ROH
2019  The Metropolitan Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur
2020  The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
2022  The Metropolitan Opera: Medea
2023  The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora
2024  MET Opera: Tosca
2024  ROH Live 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro
2024  Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier
2024  Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier
2024  The Royal Opera 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro

Production Design:
2001  Rigoletto
2002  Carmen
2003  The Magic Flute
2004  Faust
2005  Giulio Cesare
2006  Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
2007  Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
2010  Adriana Lecouvreur
2011  Faust - Covent Garden
2011  The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena
2011  The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
2011  Verdi: Il Trovatore
2012  Les Troyens
2012  Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2013  Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
2013  The Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare
2013  The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
2015  Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
2015  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - The San Francisco Opera
2015  Giordano: Andrea Chernier
2015  Les Troyens - San Francisco Opera
2015  The Met — Il Trovatore
2015  The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
2017  Bellini: Norma
2017  Royal Opera House: The Magic Flute
2017  The ROH Live: Rigoletto
2018  Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper
2018  Tosca
2019  The Marriage of Figaro - ROH
2019  The Metropolitan Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur
2020  The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
2022  The Metropolitan Opera: Medea
2023  The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora
2024  MET Opera: Tosca
2024  ROH Live 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro
2024  Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier
2024  Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier
2024  The Royal Opera 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro

Stage Director:
2001  Rigoletto
2002  Carmen
2003  The Magic Flute
2004  Faust
2005  Giulio Cesare
2006  Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
2007  Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
2008  Salomé
2010  Adriana Lecouvreur
2011  Faust - Covent Garden
2011  The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena
2011  The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
2011  Verdi: Il Trovatore
2012  Les Troyens
2012  Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2013  Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
2013  The Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare
2013  The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
2015  Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
2015  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - The San Francisco Opera
2015  Giordano: Andrea Chernier
2015  Les Troyens - San Francisco Opera
2015  The Met — Il Trovatore
2015  The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
2017  Bellini: Norma
2017  Royal Opera House: The Magic Flute
2017  The ROH Live: Rigoletto
2018  Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper
2018  Gloriana
2018  Tosca
2019  The Marriage of Figaro - ROH
2019  The Metropolitan Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur
2020  The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
2021  Verdi: Macbeth
2022  The Metropolitan Opera: Medea
2022  Verdi: Don Carlos
2023  The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora
2024  MET Opera: Tosca
2024  ROH Live 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro
2024  Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier
2024  Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier
2024  The Royal Opera 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro

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