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DONN BYRNES

Donn Byrnes

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Donn Byrnes has designed lighting for most of Australia’s theatre and opera companies. Opera lighting designs have included:

Tosca, Peter Grimes, Manon, Lucia di Lammermoor, Lohengrin, Macbeth,Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci, Arabella (Opera Australia)

Le Nozze di Figaro, Aida, Madama Butterfly, Adriana Lecouvreur,  Dead Man Walking, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci (State Opera of South Australia)

Madama Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci (West Australian Opera)

Aida, La Traviata, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, Fidelio, The Mikado (Opera Queensland)

Die Frau ohne Schatten (Melbourne International Festival)

Awards: Green Room Awards for Die Frau ohne Schatten ( Melbourne International Festival and Arabella (Opera Australia )