RICHARD HUDSON

Born in Zimbabwe, stage designer best known for his work for The Lion King, which won him the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design and the Drama Desk Award for Outstand- ing Set Design. He studied at Wimbledon School of Art. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design for his work at The Old Vic, the Gold Medal for Set Design at the 2003 Prague Quadriennale, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Surrey in 2005. Hudson has designed sets and costumes for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, the Young Vic and The Gate, London. In opera he has worked at the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, La Scala (Milan), Metropolitan Opera (New York City), Opéra national de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vienna State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and in Zürich, Munich, Amsterdam, Venice, Florence, Turin, Bregenz, Houston and Washington. He has collaborated with the Greek National Opera in the operas Mavra, Die sieben Todsünden, Gianni Schicchi, La bohème and Eine florentinische Tragödie.