Michael Gianfrancesco

For OA

David and Jonathan, Alcina and Pygmalion.

Elsewhere

Michael’s set and costume designs for theatre, musical theatre, opera and dance have been seen across Canada, in Europe and the US. His multifaceted designs include period, contemporary, conceptual and site specific work. He has worked in repertory with the
Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival, and has designed productions for Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet of Canada, Ex Machina, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Canadian Stage Company, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Citadel Theatre, Centaur Theatre, Theatre Calgary, The Grand Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, Segal Centre, Studio 180, Against the Grain, Young, People’s Theatre, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre. Michael’s set design for Cabaret at the Shaw Festival was featured at the Prague Quadrennial for Performance Design and Space in 2015. He designed the costumes for Ricciardo e Zoraide at the Rossini Festival, for Opera Atelier co-artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, and recently designed sets and costumes for Something Rotten at the Stratford Festival.