Biography

Charlie Corcoran, an award-winning scenic designer based in New York, is making his HGO debut as the scenic designer for Il trovatore. He has designed sets for Fidelio at Santa Fe Opera; La Calisto at Glimmerglass Opera; The Bartered Bride and Così fan tutte in co-productions between the Metropolitan Opera and Juilliard Opera; Don Giovanni for Juilliard Opera; The Magic Flute for Music Academy of the West, and L’opera Seria for Wolf Trap Opera. In New York, Corcoran has designed at venues including Cherry Lane Theatre, Primary Stages, 2nd Stage, Irish Repertory Theatre, DR2, Theatre Row, Ars Nova, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Regional credits include productions at the Goodman Theatre, Center Theatre Group, The Guthrie, The Old Globe, The Cleveland Playhouse, Westport County Playhouse, and Bucks County Playhouse. He previously served as the production designer on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and is currently a set designer for The Equalizer on CBS. Corcoran has been a visiting artist at Playwrights Horizons Theater School at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and The University of Seattle.