George Souglides
Set & Costume Designer
60 designers
57 projects
Born in Cyprus. He studied Interior/3D Design at Kingston University and Stage & costume Design at Motley Theatre Design in London. He has designed sets & costumes for the Salzburg Festival, Bregenz Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera di Roma, The Royal Opera Copenhagen, Lisbon Opera, Göteborg Opera, Malmö Opera, Scottish Opera, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Bergen National Opera, Novaya Opera Moscow, Opera Northern Ireland, Greek National Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, The Royal Ballet, The Royal Albert Hall, Scottish Ballet, Garsington Opera, Grange Park Opera, Chichester Festival, Greek National Theatre, National Theatre of Cyprus, (THOC), National Theatre of Northern Greece, The Athens Epidaurus Festival, among others. He has collaborated with directors Graham Vick, Stephen Langridge, Nicola Raab, Rodula Gaitanou, Christopher Alden, Will Tuckett, Stathis Livathinos, Yannis Iordanidis and many more. He took part in the Prague Quadrennial 2007 as part of the Greek exhibit and in the exhibition Collaborators at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 2010 he had a solo exhibition, Le fil D’Arianne, in Uzès, France.
The set was a house, the house of Jenufa, in the edge of the forest. As her mental state deteriorates, the house is crumbling, the forest is taking over and by the end all elements have collapsed and become an abstract space leaving the protagonists alone on stage. This is a piece I have always wanted to design and Janάček is one of my favourite composers. For years, GNO directors have been telling me that he is difficult for Greek audiences. What we managed to achieve was a great connection to the audience, which proved that the stories of Janάček’s women speak directly to a Greek audience, as indeed to all audiences across the world.
Composer & Libretto: Leoš Janάček
Direction: Nicola Raab
Set & Costume Design: George Souglides
Lighting Design: David Debrinay
Movement: Fotis Nikolaou
Photos: Marios Souglides
The set was a house, the house of Jenufa, in the edge of the forest. As her mental state deteriorates, the house is crumbling, the forest is taking over and by the end all elements have collapsed and become an abstract space leaving the protagonists alone on stage. This is a piece I have always wanted to design and Janάček is one of my favourite composers. For years, GNO directors have been telling me that he is difficult for Greek audiences. What we managed to achieve was a great connection to the audience, which proved that the stories of Janάček’s women speak directly to a Greek audience, as indeed to all audiences across the world.
Born in Cyprus. He studied Interior/3D Design at Kingston University and Stage & costume Design at Motley Theatre Design in London. He has designed sets & costumes for the Salzburg Festival, Bregenz Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera di Roma, The Royal Opera Copenhagen, Lisbon Opera, Göteborg Opera, Malmö Opera, Scottish Opera, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Bergen National Opera, Novaya Opera Moscow, Opera Northern Ireland, Greek National Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, The Royal Ballet, The Royal Albert Hall, Scottish Ballet, Garsington Opera, Grange Park Opera, Chichester Festival, Greek National Theatre, National Theatre of Cyprus, (THOC), National Theatre of Northern Greece, The Athens Epidaurus Festival, among others. He has collaborated with directors Graham Vick, Stephen Langridge, Nicola Raab, Rodula Gaitanou, Christopher Alden, Will Tuckett, Stathis Livathinos, Yannis Iordanidis and many more. He took part in the Prague Quadrennial 2007 as part of the Greek exhibit and in the exhibition Collaborators at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 2010 he had a solo exhibition, Le fil D’Arianne, in Uzès, France.
Composer & Libretto: Leoš Janάček
Direction: Nicola Raab
Set & Costume Design: George Souglides
Lighting Design: David Debrinay
Movement: Fotis Nikolaou
Photos: Marios Souglides
