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...Sets depicting an aristocratic residence in a state of decay, like those here designed by John Conklin, have become a cliché, but they weren’t in 1995 when the production was new, and few productions since...
...Japan’s SoftBank has hired Brian Conklin and Christin Tinsworth Baker to its Washington office....
...In this vintage production, with monumental sets by John Conklin, spectacle counts far more than dramatic detail; Michael Stennett’s costumes alone would probably bankrupt a smaller opera company....
...Tazewell Thompson’s uncluttered direction sustained interest during long da capo arias without gimmickry, and John Conklin’s red and gold set handsomely evoked Roman times....
...The uncredited sets and John Conklin’s costumes, used in earlier seasons, have had their day and then some....
...John Conklin’s décors remain bleak, barren and ugly, depressing exercises in half-hearted expressionism. In all, a rather bad Norma salvaged, to a degree, by a very good Norma. www.metoperafamily.org...
...Bush managed to beat John Kerry by getting more people, especially evangelical Christians, to the polls....
...Ultimately Miller and his sympathetic designer, John Conklin, invent a drawing-room tragedy at Debussy’s expense. Call it wilful trivialisation....
...Das Liebesverbot is part of an arresting quasi-Shakespearean season in which four operas occupy a John Conklin set reminiscent of The Globe. Tel +1 607 547 2255...
...John Copley’s dull stage direction concentrated on static tableaux, and John Conklin’s ugly settings suggested minimalist window-dressing with moonscape motives....
...Lillian Groag’s production is fluent and effective, with handsome, Piranesi-inspired sets of classical design by John Conklin....
...The gimmick catalogue embraces appearances by Queen Victoria, who pours tea for the girls at the beach, and Alice’s white rabbit, who observes the passing parade from a fake proscenium-box (John Conklin...
...As created by James Robinson, refreshed by David Grabarkewitz, designed by John Conklin and dressed by Anna Oliver, this is a fairy tale minus fairies....
...Lillian Groag directed traffic clumsily while creating awkward, semi-stylised tableaux on a stage cluttered with abstract slabs designed by John Conklin....
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