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James Farncombe

Lighting Designer

British lighting designer James Farncombe designs lighting for opera, theater and ballet. Recent productions in 2023 include Phaedra at the National Theatre and Jenufa at Palau Des Artes, Valencia.

Career Highlights

Previous opera credits include: Jenůfa, Lessons in Love and Violence (also Gran Teatredel Liceu, Dutch National Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Hamburg State Opera), Theodora (ROH); Luciadi Lammermoor (Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera); Le Vin Herbé (Berliner Staatsoper); Innocence (also Helsinki and ROH), Pelléas et Mélisande, Alcina (also Bolshoi Theatre of Russia); Tristan und Isolde, Ariadne auf Naxos, Trauernacht (Aix-en-Provence); La traviata (Opéra de Paris, Palais de Garnier, Wiener Staatsoper); Street Scene (Teatro Real, Madrid); Jenůfa (also Palau de les Arts, Valencia), Der Zwerg, (Dutch National Opera); Francesca da Rimini (Opéra National du Rhin); Miranda (Opéra Comique); The Barber of Seville (Glyndebourne); The Marriage of Figaro (Opera North); Pelléas et Mélisande (Den NorskeOpera); Der fliegende Holländer, Ariodante (Scottish Opera); Benjamin, dernière nuit (Opéra de Lyon).

Theatre includes: Phaedra, People, Places and Things, Edward II (RNT); John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge); Yerma (also Armory NYC, Schaubühne Berlin), Ibsen House (International Theatre Amsterdam); Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard (Young Vic).

Last updated: 24th March 2023