Gideon Davey
Designer
Awards
2015 Austrian Music Theatre Award - Designer of the Year
2005 Costume Designer of the Year award for the Munich production of The Return of Ulysses
Nominations
2015 Golden Mask Awards - Cosi Fan Tutte (Bolshoi Theatre, Russia) nominated for Best Opera Production
1991 Linbury Prize finalist
Gideon is a set and costume designer working internationally across theatre, opera and dance. Gideon trained at Nottingham Polytechnic.
“Giulio Cesare - Teatro alla Scala
Gideon Davey’s sets were weightless and efficient in their economy, and perhaps achieve their greatest effectiveness at their most elemental simplicity...”
“The Cunning Little Vixen - Opera National du Rhin
The hilly decor of Gideon Davey follows the cycle of nature with its leaves in Act 1, the snow in Act 2, the green grass in Act 3; it allows all the sliding and diving into holes, but also suggests a whole poetic universe. In between anthropomorphism and realism, the animal costumes suggest foxes and the backyard without using masks; this is a virtuoso to be savoured, and is especially touching. The look is neither too sentimental nor too ironic.”
Gallery
2024
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Les Fetes d'Hebe | Opera Comique, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| L'Orontea | Teatro alla Scala, Dir. Giovanni Antonini |
| Clemenza di Tito | Salzburg Festival, Dir. Robert Carson |
| Carmen | Opernhaus Zurich, Dir. Andreas Homoki |
2023
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Lohengrin | San Francisco Opera, Dir. David Alden, Des. Gideon Davey |
| Anna Bolena | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dir. David Alden, Des. Gideon Davey |
| Peter Grimes | Teatro alla Scala, Dir. Robert Carsen, Des. Gideon Davey |
| Roberto Devereux | Opernhaus Zurich, Dir. David Alden, Des. Gideon Davey |
| Manru | Oper Halle, Dir. Katharina Kastening, Des. Gideon Davey |
| The Coronation of Poppea | Opera National Du Rhin, Dir. Evgeny Titov, Set Des. Gideon Davey, Costume Des. Emma Ryott |
| Carmen | Opera Comique, Dir. Andreas Homoki, Set Des. Gideon Davey |
2022
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Der Rosenkavalier | Prague State Opera, Dir. Andreas Homoki, Costume Des. Gideon Davey |
| Into the Woods | Oper Halle, Dir. Louisa Proske |
| Hercules | Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Dir. Floris Visser |
| La Juive | Grand Theatre de Genève, Dir. David Alden, Costume Des. Jon Morrell |
| Manru | Oper Halle, Dir. Katharina Kastening |
| Orlando | Oper Halle, Dir. Walter Sutcliffe |
| Dialogues of the Carmelites | Opera Zürich, Dir. Jetske Mijnssen, Costume Des. Gideon Davey |
| Peer Gynt | Ballett Halle, Chor. Michal Sedlàček, Set Des. Gideon Davey |
2021
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Anna Bolena | Opera Zürich, Dir. David Alden |
| Peer Gynt | Oper Halle, Dir & Chor. Michal Sedlàček |
2020
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Arabella | Opera Zürich, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| The Marriage of Figaro | Theatre und Philharmonie Essen, Dir. Floris Visser |
| Madam Butterfly | Oper Graz, Dir. Floris Visser |
2019
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Hippolyte et Aricie | Opera Zürich, Dir. Jetske Mijnssen |
| The Tales of Hoffmann | Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (Germany), Costume Des. Dieuweke van Reij |
| Rinaldo (Revival) | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| Julius Cesare | Teatro alla Scala, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| Don Carlo | Oper Graz, Dir. Jetske Mijnssen, Costume Des. Dieuweke Van Reij |
2018
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Maria Stuarda | Opera Zürich, Dir. David Alden |
| Idomeneo | Opera Zürich, Dir. Jetske Mijnssen Costume Des. Dieuweke Van Reij |
| Lohengrin | The Royal Opera House, London, Dir. David Alden |
| Lohengrin | Vlaanderen Opera & Ballet, Dir. David Alden |
| Hansel und Gretel | Opera Zürich, Dir. Robert Carsen |
2017
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Wozzeck | Theater an der Wien, Austria, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| Eugen Onegin | Oper Graz, Dir. Jetske Mijnssen, Costume Des. Dieuweke Van Reij |
| Loreley | Theatre St. Gallen, Dir. David Alden |
| Alcina | Santa Fe Opera, Dir. David Alden |
| Semele | Basisches Staats Theatre, Germany, Dir. Floris Visser |
2016
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Aggripina | Theater an der Wien, Austria, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| The Cunning Little Vixen | Turin, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| Orfeo by Luigi Rossi | Opéra National de Lorraine & Versailles, Dir. Jetske Mijnssen |
| Wizard of Oz by Valtinoni | Opera Zürich, Dir. Floris Visser |
2015
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Queen of Spades | English National Opera, Dir. David Alden |
| L'Orentea by Antonio Cesti | Frankfurt Opera, Germany, Dir. Walter Sutcliffe |
| Alcina | Teatro Real Madrid, Dir. David Alden |
2014
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| The Canterville Ghost (Revival) | Komische Oper (Berlin), Dir. Jasmine Hadziahmetovic |
| The Cunning Little Vixen | Opéra de Lille, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| Rinaldo (Revival) | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| Platée | Opéra Comique, Paris & Theater an der Wien, Austria, Dir. Robert Carsen |
| Luisa Miller | Hamburg State Opera, Dir. Andreas Homoki |
| Così fan Tutte | Bolshoi State Theatre (Moscow), Dir. Floris Visser |
| Robin Hood (Revival) | Opera Zürich |