ANDREW SINCLAIR

Andrew Sinclair is an internationally-recognised opera stage director with more than 30 years’ experience in major opera houses in Europe, North America and Australia, including ROH Covent Garden, New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Washington National Opera, Opera de Montreal and Opera Australia.

Andrew’s long association with ROH Covent Garden includes revivals of major productions, as well as assisting acclaimed directors including Franco Zeffirelli, John Copley, Goetz Freidrich, Harry Kupfer and Elijah Moshinsky.

The video of Andrew’s 1988 production of LA Boheme won a TV Emmy Award in 1989.

Over the years working with various companies, Andrew has built up a considerable network of singers with whom he has worked regularly. Among them are Placido Domingo, Roberto Alagna, Brian Hymel, Renee Fleming, Ermonela Jaho, Lise Lindstrom, Eva Maria Westbroek, Alexandra Kurzak and Bryn Terfel. Andrew has also worked with up-and-coming artists including tenors Liparit Avetissyan, Marcelo Puente and Brian Register.

Andrew has a wide knowledge of repertoire, ranging from the baroque (L’Incoronazione di Poppea) through standard repertoire (Puccini, R Strauss, Verdi, Wagner) to contemporary works – working on the world premieres of Sophie’s Choice (Maw) and The Minotaur (Birtwistle). He also has a wide-ranging knowledge of international conductors, directors, designers and agents.

 

PRODUCTIONS

The Pearl Fishers – Lyric Opera of Chicago 2017. © Todd Rosenberg Photography.
Sets and Costumes: Zandra Rhodes
Choreography: John Malashock
Lighting: Ron Vodicka

Barber

A Hand of Bridge

Bizet

The Pearl Fishers

Bellini

Norma

Britten

Peter Grimes

Cilea

Adrianna Lecouvreur

Donizetti

Don Pasquale

L’Elisir d’Amore

Lucia di Lammermoor (three separate productions)

Janacek

Katya Kabanova

Leoncavallo

I Pagliacci (three separate productions)

Mascagni

Cavalleria Rusticana (two separate productions)

Massenet

Werther

Monteverdi

L’Incoronazione di Poppea

Mozart

Le Nozze di Figaro (four separate productions)

Poulenc

La Voix Humaine

Puccini

La Boheme (three separate productions)

Madama Butterfly (three separate productions)

Tosca (four separate productions)

Turandot

R. Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos

Der Rosenkavalier

Salome (two separate productions)

Stravinsky

Mavra

The Rake’s Progress

Verdi

Aida (four separate productions)

La Traviata (three separate productions)

Otello (two separate productions)

Il Trovatore

Wagner

Lohengrin (three separate productions)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Act 3 only. Semi-staged)

Das Rheingold

Die Walkure

Der Ring des Nibelungen (semi-staged)