Having completed his training in Theatre Design at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, Alex Brok left for Stanford University in California, United States. There, he taught Lighting Design and designed various productions within the theater department of the university, including; A Midsummer Nights Dream, End Game and Die Dreigroschenoper. Alex went on to work for The San Francisco Opera on several productions. During his time in the US, one of his designs was selected for exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial of Design & Space, Czech Republic in 2003. Upon his return to Europe Alex worked as a lighting designer for numerous opera, theater and dance productions with leading directors and choreographers and given form to: Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, L'elisir d'amore, Zauberflöte, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, La pietra del paragone, Where the wild things are, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Albert Herring, Death in Venice, Greek, Les mamelles de Tirésias, La voix humaine, Dialogues des carmélites, Gianni Schicchi, Dido and Aeneas, Hänsel und Gretel, Die Dreigroschenoper, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Bastien und Bastienne, Háry János, Dvĕ vdovy (The Two Widows), Příhody lišky Bystroušky (Cunning Little Vixen), Clemenza di Tito, Il signor Bruschino, Carmen, Owen Wingrave, La bohème, Agrippina, Les pêcheurs de perles, and Jenufa. Alex recently designed the critically acclaimed Così fan tutte for The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow which was nominated for 5 golden masks and designed the price winning Orphée et Eurydice for the Nederlandse Reisopera. Upcoming projects include two new compositions for De Nederlands Opera, La traviata for The Nederlandse Reisopera, Zauberflöte for Theater an der Wien, Mosè in Egitto for the Bregenzer Festspiele, and Il Trittico for the Bayerische Staatsoper in München. 29 Alex Brox Light designer
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