Octavia

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The Apple Tree

The Apple Tree

Musical by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick

Stadttheater Bremerhaven

Premiere: March 16, 2024

Director: Rennik-Jan Neggers

Conductor: Davide Perniceni

Stage and Costume: Alexander McCargar

Choreography: Nele Neugebauer

Dramaturgy: Torben Selk

Lighting: Daniel Lang

With: Victoria Kunze, Andrew Irwin, Marcin Hutek, Ulrich Burdack, Boshana Milkov, Patrick Ruyters, Sydney Gabbard, Katharina Diegritz and the choir of Stadttheater Bremerhaven

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Maria Stuarda, Slovak National Opera

Gaetano Donizetti

Director: Gilbert Blin

Conductor: Marco Guidarini

Choir Master: Zuzana Kadlčíková

Stage Design: Alexander McCargar

Costume Design: Josef Jelínek

Lighting Design: Kelly Martin

Dramaturgy: Jozef Červenka

Production Manager & Producer: Michaela Suchá

Photos: Zdenko Hanout & Alexander McCargar

REVIEWS:

“The credit for the strong visual impression goes to Alexander McCargar.” - Helena Dvořáková, Pravda, 21.4.2023

“A suggestive historical fresco, a production full of spectacular stage scenes in fascinating period costumes.” - TASR, Teraz.sk

“Thanks to the attractive stage concept of Alexander McCargar and the beautiful historicizing costumes of Josef Jelínek, it has the potential to reach a wide audience." - Ľudovít Vongrej, Opera Slovakia, www.operaslovakia.sk

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Ariodante

Georg Friedrich Händel

Director: Rennik-Jan Neggers

Dramaturgy: Elisa von Issendorff

Stage & Costume Design: Alexander McCargar

Lighting Design: Georg Boeshenz

with Isaac Tolley (Re), Elmar Hauser (Ariodante), Henrike Legner (Ginevra), Fabio Dorizzi (Lurcanio), Klara Brockhaus (Polinesso), Marianna Herzig (Dalinda)

Assistant Director: Hannah Wendel

Conductors: Manuel Hartinger & Danyil Ilkiv

Photos by: Alvise Prediere

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Alcina

2020

MFA Thesis Project

Designed for the stage of Theater an der Wien (unrealized)

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Geschichten, die keine sind

Based on texts by Robert Musil

Director: Rennik-Jan Neggers

Dramaturgy: Teresa Martin

Stage & Costume Design: Alexander McCargar

Lighting Design: Georg Boeshenz

with Emma Schoepe (Aeins), Oscar Bloch (Azwei), Amadeus König (Adrei)

Photos by: Alvise Prediere

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The Schubert Project

2017

designed for the stage of Yale Univeristy Theater (unrealized)

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Heldenplatz

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Tristan und Isolde

2015-16 (unrealized)

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Death of a Salesman

2020

Designed for the stage of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (unrealized)

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Zeroone

Performance and installation as part of an ENOA workshop at the Junge Oper im Nord, Stuttgart.

All photos by: Matthias Baus

Performers: Diatra Zulaika, Philipp Mayer, Alexander McCargar

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Italienische Nacht

2019-2020

Designed for the stage of the Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin (unrealized)

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Don Giovanni

2019

Designed for the stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (unrealized)

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Yale Opera Scenes - Die Entführung aus dem Serail

2017

Projection Design for the Yale School of Music: Opera Scenes, New Haven, CT, USA

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Fidelio

Beethoven

2018

Designed for the stage of Theater an der Wien (unrealized)

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The Cherry Orchard

2017

Designed for the stage of Yale Univeristy Theater (unrealized)

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Wozzeck

2018

Designed for the stage of Yale University Theater (unrealized)

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Henry VI Part III

2019

Iseman Theater, Yale Univeristy, New Haven, CT, USA

Directed by: Logan Ellis

Scenic Design: Alexander McCargar

Lighting Design: Nic Vincent

Costume Design: Beatrice Vena

Projection Design: Elena Tilli

Sound Design: Megumi Katayama

Dramaturgy: Alex Vermillion

Technical Direction: Laura Copenhaver

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Madame de Sade

by Yukio Mishima

2018

Designed for the stage of Yale University Theater (unrealized)

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Miss Lonelyhearts

based on the book by Nathanael West

2016

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Agreste (Drylands)

2018

Yale Cabaret, Yale Univeristy, New Haven, CT, USA

Written by: Newton Moreno

Directed by: Danilo Gambini

Scenic Design: Alexander McCargar

Costume Design: April Hickman

Lighting Design: Nic Vincent

Projection Design: Yaara Bar

Sound Design: Emily Duncan Wilson

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