Meet WNO
Isabella Bywater
Overview
Isabella is an award-winning director and designer of opera and theatre. She has designed sets and costumes for over 50 productions both in the UK and internationally. Her designs for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Mariinsky Theatre were nominated for multiple awards and the production won the prestigious Zolotov Sofit award for ‘Best Opera’ (2011). Isabella made her director and designer debut in 2013 with Gounod’s Faust at the Mariinsky Theatre. She is also a sculptor and studied Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London.
Recent engagements: Director & Designer Suor Angelica, Il Tabarro, Gianni Schicchi (Oslo Opera); La bohème (San Diego Opera); Faust (Mariinsky Theatre)