Fifty Nine Productions
59 Productions opera work
Past Projects
Eugene Onegin
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Opera House, February 2013
Opera
Bespoke mapped projection is being used to augment and elaborate the architecture of designer Mia Stensgaard's extraordinary set in this new production from artistic director Kasper Holten.
The Perfect American
ENO / Teatro Real Madrid
Teatro Real Madrid, February 2013
Opera
Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical meetings with Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol.
The Minotaur
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, February 18th 2013
Opera
Harrison Birtwistle's reworking of an ancient myth had its premiere at the Royal Opera House in 2008. The opera's dark beauty shows one of our leading composers at the height of his powers. Featuring video design by 59 Productions.
Al Gran Sole Carico d'Amore
Staatsoper Berlin
Kraftwerk Mitte, 1st-11th March 2012
Opera
This production directed by Katie Mitchell with Director of Photography Leo Warner (59 Productions) premiered in the vast Felsenreitschule at the Salzburg Festival in 2009. It has been re-staged to fit into the extraordinary post-industrial space of Kraftwerk Mitte, a disused power station in Berlin's Kreuzberg area.
The Enchanted Island
Metropolitan Opera, New York
from December 31st 2011
Opera
This new opera, with a new libretto by Jeremy Sams, is assembled from the greatest hits of the Baroque opera era, and is based on the Shakespearean stories of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Tempest.
Dark Sisters
Gotham Chamber Opera / MTG / OCP
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 9th November 2011
Opera
59 has designed the set and projection for Dark Sisters, a new opera which describes one woman’s dangerous attempt to escape her life as a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS).
Satyagraha - Met Opera
Metropolitan Opera / ENO / Improbable
Met Opera, New York, from November 4th 2011
Opera
Idomeneo
English National Opera
London Coliseum, 18th June - 19th July 2009
Opera
One of Mozart's less frequently performed operas, Idomeneo tells the story of the King who strikes a bargain with Neptune which results in him unwittingly committing to sacrifice his own son. The increasingly tumultuous seascape was provided by 59 Productions.
The Pearl Fishers
English National Opera
London Coliseum, June 2010
Opera
A thrilling tale of friendship tested by love, set on an exotic isle in an eastern sea, Bizet's early masterpiece is a gem of 19th-century French opera. The Production features a spectacular opening sequence created using animation and underwater cinematography by 59.
Satyagraha - ENO
English National Opera
London Coliseum, 25th Feb - 26 March 2010
Opera
One of the most visually spectacular stagings of recent decades, ENO’s hit production of Philip Glass’s Satyagraha broke all Company records for contemporary opera when it premiered and then went on to enjoy huge success at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. This is it's much-anticipated return to the London Coliseum.
Al Gran Sole Carico D'Amore
Salzburg Festival
Aug 2009
Opera
This project marks the 6th collaboration between director Katie Mitchell and DP / video designer Leo Warner
After Dido
ENO
Young Vic Theatre, 2008
Opera
Leo Warner, director of Fifty Nine Productions, continues a series of collaborations with director Katie Mitchell with this new opera production, inspired by Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Doctor Atomic - London
English National Opera
London Coliseum, February 2009
Opera
This contemporary opera by American composer John Adams is transferring to London after a highly successful season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
Dr Atomic
Metropolitan Opera, NY
October-November 2008
Worldwide cinecast 8th November 2008
Opera
Set in the Nevada Desert in the hours leading up to the testing of the first Atomic Bomb, this opera by John Adams explores the thoughts and fears of Dr Oppenheimer and his associates at Los Alamos. Featuring animation and projection design by 59.
Death in Venice
English National Opera
London Coliseum, Summer 2007
Opera
Deborah Warner directs in this atmospheric staging of Britten's opera, based on the novella by Thomas Mann.
Satyagraha
English National Opera / Improbable
London Coliseum, April 2007
Opera
This beautiful production of Philip Glass's extraordinary opera about Gandhi's years as a young lawyer in South Africa features some ravishing images courtesy of the ever-inventive Improbable Theatre Company, with projections by 59.
Current Projects
The Perfect American
ENO / Teatro Real Madrid
London Coliseum, June 2013
Opera
Based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel and written by Philip Glass, one of the world’s most important composers, The Perfect American imagines the final years of Walt Disney’s life, including mythical meetings with Abraham Lincoln and Andy Warhol.
Dark Sisters
Gotham Chamber Opera / MTG / OCP
Opera Company of Philadelphia, June 2012
Opera
59 has designed the set and projection for Dark Sisters, a new opera which describes one woman’s dangerous attempt to escape her life as a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS).