Nigel Levings

Nigel Levings is an Australian stage lighting designer. He has designed lights for over 400 productions. He works extensively on operas,[1] and has designed a large portion of Opera Australia's repertoire.[2] Some of his most significant works include operas such as The Demon at the Bregenz Festival and for Zurich Opera; Billy Budd for the Welsh National Opera, Opera Australia, Canadian Opera Company, and for the English National Opera; Nabucco for Opera Australia; Wozzeck for Opera Australia; L'Orfeo for Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik and the Berlin State Opera; A Midsummer Night's Dream for the 1994 Edinburgh Festival; La Belle Vivette for the English National Opera; Simon Boccanegra for the Royal Opera House, Washington National Opera, and Dallas Opera; Falstaff for Théâtre du Châtelet; Idomeneo, Turandot, and The Barber of Seville for the Houston Grand Opera; and Queen of Spades for the Dallas Opera.[1]

Nigel Levings
Nationality	Australia
Known for	Lighting design
Awards	Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

He has also designed lights for such Broadway shows as The King and I and La Bohème.[3]

Awards

Levings' design for La Bohème won the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in 2003, and Ovation Award in 2004.[4] Additionally, his design for The King and I won the Outer Critics Circle Award and was nominated for both the Drama Desk Award and the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design.[2] His lighting for Billy Budd won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Lighting Design in 2000.[1]

References

1. "Nigel Levings". Association of Lighting Designers. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
2. "Nigel Levings". The State Academic Mariinsky Theatre. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
3. "Nigel Levings". The Broadway League. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
4. "Nigel Levings". Houston Grand Opera. 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03.