ARTIST AVATAR
Set Designer
Peter J. Davison
United Kingdom

About

Biography

During the 2024-25 season for HGO, Peter J. Davison serves as set designer for West Side Story and Tannhäuser. Previously for the company, he served as set designer for The Sound of Music (2024), this production of West Side Story (2018), Show Boat (2013), Der Rosenkavalier (1995), and Lucia di Lammermoor (1994). His opera credits include The Marriage of Figaro (Vienna); Die GezeichnetenFalstaff, and Die Schweigsame Frau (Zurich); Capriccio (Berlin and Torino); Der RosenkavalierCarmen, and Mary Stuart (English National Opera); Anna Bolena (Bavarian State Opera); Katya Kabanova (New Zealand); Mitridate Re Di Ponto (Salzburg); Manon Lescaut (Australia); The Rake’s ProgressThe Marriage of Figaro, and Cyrano de Bergerac (Metropolitan Opera); The Queen of Spades (London’s Royal Ballet and Opera); Guillaume Tell (Opera Bastille); FidelioDie WalkürePorgy and BessSalomeLa forza del destinoLa traviata (Washington); La bohème (Royal Albert Hall), La Rondine (La Fenice); Cyrano de Bergerac (La Scala); Porgy and Bess, Show Boat, Florencia en el Amazonas, (Chicago); CarmenThe Tales of Hoffmann (Beijing); Heart of a Soldier (San Francisco Opera); La traviata (Bolshoi Theatre); Two Women (San Francisco, Cagliari, Sardinia), Carmen (Salzburg), Porgy and Bess (Glimmerglass), and Norma (Santiago Chile). He has created designs for major musicals and been nominated for Tony, Drama Desk, and Olivier Awards.

HGO Repertoire

Set Designer:

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR 1993-94 

DER ROSENKAVALIER 1994-95 

SHOW BOAT 2012-13 

WEST SIDE STORY 2017-18, 2024-25

TANNHÄUSER 2024-25