Charles Edwards

Born in Newcastle, Charles studied at the Central School of Art & Design in London. Recently, his set designs were seen in his own production of Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera, Franchetti’s Asrael at Theater Bonn and Fedora at the Metropolitan Opera.  

Other designs include Adriana Lecouvreur, Werther, Faust (Royal Opera); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lucia di Lammermoor, Jenůfa, The Makropulos Case, Kát’a Kabanová (English National Opera); Gianni Schicchi, Il trovatore, Radamisto, Norma, Tosca (Opera North); I masnadieri, La Calisto (La Scala), Don Carlos (Metropolitan Opera); Il trovatore, Billy Budd, Wozzeck, The Makropulos Case (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Kát’a Kabanová, Wozzeck (Dallas); Macbeth, Jenůfa (Houston); La gazza ladra (Frankfurt). 

As director his work includes Joshua, Rigoletto, Oedipus rex (Opera North); Tristan und Isolde, DonQuichotte, Idomeneo (Grange Park Opera); Turandot (Nationale Reisopera, The Netherlands); Maria di Rohan (Wexford Festival); Elektra (Royal Opera); Tristan und Isolde (Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon).