Estate of Johan Engels
Designer
Awards
2014 Mathis der Maler (Theater an der Wien) winner of the Golden Schikaneder Austrian Music Theatre Award for Best Art Direction
2014 Lulu (Welsh National Opera) winner of the TMA Achievement in Opera Award
Johan Engels studied Fine Arts and Design at the University of Pretoria and worked extensively from 1975 - 1980 in Opera, Ballet and Theatre including designs for PACT (Performing Arts Council) and the Market Theatre, Johannesburg.
“Johan Engels was one of the most imaginative and admired stage designers of his generation, working extensively in theatre and opera throughout the UK, Europe, the United States, the Far East and in his native South Africa.”
“Parsifal - Lyric Opera Chicago
Engels’ sets and costumes have a colourful quality and lean integrity”
Gallery
2015
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Orphee ed Euridice | Scottish Opera, Dir & Chor. Ashley Page |
| Twelfth Night | TOHO, Nissay Theatre Japan & tour, Dir. John Caird |
| Pelléas et Mélisande | Welsh National Opera, Dir. David Pountney |
| Chorus | Welsh Nationa Opera, Dir. David Pountney |
| La Vida Breve (Revival) | Opera North |
| The Great Gatsby | Semperoper Dresden, Dir. Keith Warner, Costume Des. Emma Ryott |
| The Passenger (Revival) | Lyric Opera (Chicago) |
2014
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Showboat | Cape Town Opera - UK tour, Dir. Janice Honeyman |
| The Passenger | Houston Opera and Lincoln Centre New York, Dir. David Pountney |
| Thais | Los Angeles Opera |
| Die Zauberflöte (Revival) | Bregenzer Festspiele |
2013
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Opera North, Dir. Martin Duncan |
| Lulu | Welsh National Opera, co-prod. with Prague National Opera, Dir. David Pountney |
| Parsifal | Lyric Opera Chicago, Dir. John Caird |
| Die Zauberflöte | Bregenzer Festspiele, Dir. David Pountney |
| Thais (Revival) | Finnish National Opera, Dir. Nicola Raab |
2012
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| New Year's Concert | Österreichischer Rundfunk, Chor. Ashley Page |
| Mathis der Maler | Theater an der Wien, Dir. Keith Warner, Costume Des. Emma Ryott |
| Von Heute auf Morgen | Opéra de Lyon |
| Sancta Susanna | Five operas out of the season, Dir. John Fulljames |
| Il trittico | Opéra de Lyon (France), Dir. David Pountney |
| Don Carlos (Revival) | Houston Grand Opera, Dir. John Caird |
2011
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| The Passenger | English National Opera, Dir. David Pountney |
| Faust (Gounod) | Opéra National de Paris, Dir. Jean Louis Martinoty |
| New Year's Concert | Vienna, ORF |