John Conklin

John Conklin has designed sets on and off-Broadway, at the Kennedy Center, and for opera companies around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Bastille Opera in Paris, the Royal Opera and the opera houses of Munich, Amsterdam, and Bologna, among many others. Locally, his work has been seen in Boston Lyric Opera’s I Puritani (2014), Rigoletto (2014), The Magic Flute (2013), Cosí Fan Tutte (2013), The Flying Dutchman (2013), Madama Butterfly (2012), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2011) and Macbeth (2011), as well as at the American Repertory Theatre and Boston Ballet. Additionally, John works to develop new supplemental performances, lecture series, and community events for BLO that enrich audiences’ operatic experiences and strengthen the presence of opera in Boston’s arts community. He is also on the faculty at New York University’s Tisch School where he teaches courses in design for stage and film. John received the 2011 NEA Opera Honors award.