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Nigel Levings
From: Melbourne, Australia. LA Opera: Romeo and Juliet (2005, 2011, 2024); The Marriage of Figaro (2006).
Nigel Levings is the only Australian lighting designer to have won Broadway’s prestigious Tony Award, winning for La Bohème in 2003. In a distinguished career, he has lit over 580 productions including more than 230 operas and 33 musicals. He has lit opera productions in St Petersburg, Paris, Washington, London, Cardiff, Berlin, Baden Baden, Innsbruck, Tel Aviv, Bregenz, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto.
He is a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society. He was awarded the Centenary Federation Medal by the the Australian Government for his services to opera lighting. He is the recipient of an SA Great Arts Award from the South Australian Government. His awards for lighting design include a Helpmann Award (Australia), a Green Room Award (Australia), an Ovation (Los Angeles), a Dora Mava Moore (Canada), two Outer Circle Critics Awards, a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award (Broadway).
Nigel Levings is the only Australian lighting designer to have won Broadway’s prestigious Tony Award, winning for La Bohème in 2003. In a distinguished career, he has lit over 580 productions including more than 230 operas and 33 musicals. He has lit opera productions in St Petersburg, Paris, Washington, London, Cardiff, Berlin, Baden Baden, Innsbruck, Tel Aviv, Bregenz, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto.
He is a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society. He was awarded the Centenary Federation Medal by the the Australian Government for his services to opera lighting. He is the recipient of an SA Great Arts Award from the South Australian Government. His awards for lighting design include a Helpmann Award (Australia), a Green Room Award (Australia), an Ovation (Los Angeles), a Dora Mava Moore (Canada), two Outer Circle Critics Awards, a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award (Broadway).