Michael Levine, recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Artist Award at the Toronto 2011 ISPA Congress, Groundbreaking.  View other ISPA Award winners.

Michael Levine

Michael Levine is a Canadian and lives in Toronto.  He has worked internationally as a set and costume designer for the past 28 years.  He studied stage design at The Central School of Art and Design in London.

He has designed for The Paris Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, English National Opera, Opera Nomori Tokyo, The Netherlands Opera, Flanders Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Geneva Opera, The San Fransisco Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Houston Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, The Royal Shakespeare Co., Old Vic Theatre, Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre and for London’s West End and Broadway.  In Canada he has worked for The Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, National Ballet of Canada, Dancemakers.

Recent Work includes:

• Tannhauser by Wagner (Royal Opera House London) Director – Tim Albery
• A Dog’s Heart (Nederlandse Opera) Director – Simon McBurney
• The Magic Flute  (Hungarian National Opera) Director - Laszlo Marton
• Carmen (Nederlandse Opera) Director – Robert Carsen
• Rigoletto (Teatro Real Madrid) Director – Monique Wagemakers
• The Flying Dutchman (Royal Opera House London) Director - Tim Albery
• The Coronation of Poppea for Glyndebourne Opera Director – Robert Carsen
• Madam Butterfly by Puccini for The Metropolitan Opera New York Director – Anthony Minghella
• A Disappearing Number for Complicite Theatre London Director – Simon McBurney
• Bette Midler’s The Showgirl Must Go On for the Colosseum Las Vegas
• The Ring Cycle by Wagner for the Canadian Opera Co.  Direction and design for Das Rheingold also for the Canadian Opera Co.
• Candide for The Chatelet Theatre Paris and La Scala Milan and English National Opera.

Upcoming Work:

• Parsifal by Wagner (Lyon Opera / Metropolitan Opera) Director – Francois Girard
• Don Giovanni (La Scala Opera) Director – Robert Carsen

His work has been honoured with a Gemini Award, Paris Critics Prize, The Edinburgh Festival Drama and Music Award, Two Dora Awards and a Toronto Arts Award.  Michael is a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres.