David McVicar

Biography

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

59

Birth Place

Glasgow, Scotland

Known For

• 

  Die Zauberflöte - Royal Opera House
• 

  The Royal Opera 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro
• 

  Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
• 

  Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
• 

  The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca
• 

  Médée

Credits

• directing (54 credits)

  • Die Zauberflöte - Royal Opera House

    stage director

    directing
    2026
  • Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: The Magic Flute

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda

    stage director

    directing
    2024
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

    director

    directing
    2024
  • The Royal Opera 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Royal Opera House Live 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Médée

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier : Médée

    director

    directing
    2024
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora

    director

    directing
    2023
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

    stage director

    directing
    2022
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlos

    stage director

    directing
    2022
  • Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Verdi: Macbeth

    stage director

    directing
    2021
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

    director

    directing
    2020
  • The Marriage of Figaro - ROH

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Verdi: I Masnadieri - Teatro alla Scala

    stage director

    directing
    2019
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Adriana Lecouvreur

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper

    director

    directing
    2018
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Gloriana

    stage director

    directing
    2018
  • The ROH Live: Rigoletto

    director

    directing
    2017
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Royal Opera House: The Magic Flute

    director

    directing
    2017
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux

    stage director

    directing
    2016
  • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - The San Francisco Opera

    director

    directing
    2015
  • The Royal Opera: The Marriage Of Figaro

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Il Trovatore - Metropolitan Opera

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail

    stage director

    directing
    2015
  • Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

    stage director

    directing
    2015
  • Les Troyens - San Francisco Opera

    director

    directing
    2015
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

    stage director

    directing
    2015
  • Tristan und Isolde - Wiener Staatsoper

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Adriana Lecouvreur - Wiener Staatsoper

    stage director

    directing
    2014
  • Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

    director

    directing
    2013
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

    stage director

    directing
    2013
  • Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Les Troyens

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Rigoletto

    director

    directing
    2012
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena

    stage director

    directing
    2011
  • Faust (The Royal Opera House)

    director

    directing
    2011
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Verdi: Il Trovatore

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Adriana Lecouvreur

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Royal Opera House: Salomé

    stage director

    directing
    2008
  • Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon

    director

    directing
    2007
  • Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro

    stage director

    directing
    2006
  • Giulio Cesare

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Faust

    director

    directing
    2004
  • The Magic Flute

    director

    directing
    2003
  • Carmen

    director

    directing
    2002
  • Rigoletto

    director

    directing
    2001

• art (5 credits)

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora

    art direction

    art
    2023
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

    production design

    art
    2020
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare

    production design

    art
    2013
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

    production design

    art
    2011
  • Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro

    production design

    art
    2006