James Farncombe

Biography

A British lighting designer, his work with Katie Mitchell includes Miranda (Opera Comique); Jenufa (Nationale Opera & Ballet Amsterdam); Anatomy of a Suicide (Royal Court), The Maids (Toneelgroep, Amsterdam), Pelléas et Mélisande, Trauernacht, The House Taken Over and Alcina (Aix-en-Provence Festival), The Cherry Orchard (Young Vic), The Way Back Home (ENO), Alles Weitere kennen Sie aus dem Kino (Hamburg Schauspielhaus) and Le Vin herbé (Berlin State Opera). He has also designed lighting for productions at the NT, Donmar Warehouse, Young Vic, Royal Court, Lyric Hammersmith, Old Vic, Hampstead Theatre and for the RSC among others. Opera and dance credits include Uit Het Leven Van Marionetten, Ibsen Huis (Toneelgroep Amsterdam); Il barbiere di Siviglia (Glyndebourne Festival), Tabanich’s Benjamin, dernière nuit (Opéra de Lyon), Aridodante, Der fliegende Holländer (Scottish Opera), The Marriage of Figaro (Opera North), Pelléas et Mélisande (Norwegian National Opera) and Liam Scarlett’s Carmen and The Firebird (Norwegian National Ballet).