Leslie Travers
Award winning designer Leslie Travers trained at the Wimbledon School of Art‚ and is now recognized as one of the leading stage designers of his generation.
Current projects include Francesca da Rimini (La Scala‚ Milan)‚ Werther (Opéra National de Lorraine)‚ Le Baron Tzigane (Grand Théâtre de Genève)‚ Billy Budd (Opera North/Nederlandse Reisopera)‚ The Marriage of Figaro (Kansas City Opera/Opera Philadelphia/San Diego Opera)‚ Fiddler on the Roof (Malmö Opera)‚ Clemenza di Tito (Opera Theatre of St Louis)‚ Twelfth Night (Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre).
His designs for opera include: Don Carlos (Grange Park Opera)‚ Pleasure (Opera North)‚ I Puritani (Welsh National Opera/Den Jyske Opera)‚ Elysium (Den Norske Opera)‚ The Haunted Manor (Polish National Opera‚ Teatr Wielki)‚ Salome (Santa Fe Opera)‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Opera Holland Park and OHP @ The Linbury‚ ROH)‚ La Bohème (Malmö Opera)‚ Grimes on the Beach (Opera North/Aldeburgh Music)‚ Albert Herring (Opera North)‚ Tannhäuser (Estonian National Opera)‚ Otello (Scottish Opera/Opera North)‚ Don Giovanni (Garsington Opera)‚ Giulio Cesare (Opera North)‚ Jenufa (Malmö Opera‚ Sweden)‚ The Merry Widow (Opera Australia/Opera North)‚ Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Malmö Opera‚ Sweden)‚ Roméo et Juliette (Opera Ireland)‚ L’arbore di Diana (Palau de les Arts Reina Sophia‚ Valencia)‚ The Children’s Crusade (Luminato Festival‚ Toronto)‚ Véronique (Buxton)‚ I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Opera North/Opera Australia)‚ The Fortunes of King Croesus (Opera North/Minnesota Opera)‚ Iolanta/Gianni Schicchi (RAM)‚ Le Nozze de Figaro (Graz Opera – Ring Award 2005)‚ Hans Heiling (Opéra du Rhin – European Opera Prize).
Theatre designs include: Rebecca (Kneehigh/David Pugh Ltd)‚ Twelfth Night (Chichester Festival Theatre)‚ The Duchess of Malfi‚ Streets of Rage‚ Silent Cry (West Yorkshire Playhouse)‚ The Persian Revolution (Lyric Hammersmith)‚ The Man with Two Gaffers (York Theatre Royal)‚ Veriete (Lindsay Kemp Company‚ World Tour).
Dance and ballet designs include: Cinderella‚ Le Corsaire‚ The Nutcracker and Swan Lake (K-ballet‚ Japan – Asahi Award 2006 for Nutcracker‚ and 2005 for Swan Lake)‚ Some? (Space 211‚ Paris)‚ Cinderella (National Ballet of Portugal)‚ The Lark Ascending (English National Ballet).
Leslie has been nominated for countless theatre awards‚ which have led to wins for Grimes on the Beach-Opera North/Aldeburgh Music (Best Anniversary Production – International Opera Awards 2014 and What’s On Stage – Opera Event of The Year)‚ for Otello-Scottish Opera and Opera North (Manchester Theatre Awards 2014 – Best Opera)‚ for The Children’s Crusade– Luminato Festival‚ Toronto (Dora Mavor Moore Award Best Opera Production 2010) and for Vurt Contact Theatre (Arthur Peter Design Award).
