Michael Mitchell

South African born Michael Mitchell’s  work has been showcased throughout South Africa and internationally at the Wales Millennium Centre, the Royal Festival Hall in London, the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Lyric Theatre in Brisbane, Ravenna Festival in Italy, the Dubai Opera House and at the Hong Kong Festival.

His opera designs include La traviata, Postcard from Morocco, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Der Rosenkavalier, Nabucco, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Magic Flute, La Rondine, Le nozze di Figaro, Fidelio on Robben Island, Andrea Chénier, Porgy and Bess, Mandela Trilogy, Lost in the Stars, Otello, Don Giovanni, Salome, Sara Baartman, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Così fan tutte and Lucia di Lammermoor.

He is the recipient of many awards including a FNB Vita and Fleur du Cap Award and a Naledi Award for Mandela Trilogy in 2011. Michael has received critical acclaim for his design of Lost in the Stars, which was produced at The Glimmerglass Festival in 2012 and Washington National Opera in 2016. His designs for Porgy and Bess have been seen at the The London Coliseum, at the Maifestspiele in Wiesbaden, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Teatro Real Madrid, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires as well as The National Asian Culture Centre in Gwangju, South Korea.