The Mariinsky Theatre dedicates the performances of Richard Strauss’ operas Die Frau ohne Schatten (18 February) and Elektra (1 March) at the Mariinsky II to the memory of stage designer Paul Brown, who was one of the most influential theatre designers of his generation. Paul Brown’s first collaboration with the Mariinsky Theatre was the production of Elektra under the helm of theatre director Jonathan Kent in 2007. Two years later, this artistic duo prepared the production of one more opera by Richard Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten. Paul Brown’s third and last work at the Mariinsky Theatre was the famous War and Peace by Sergei Prokofiev staged by Graham Vick in 2014.
Paul Brown was born in Vale of Glamorgan (Wales). He studied under Percy Harris at the Motley Design Course. The stage designer’s portfolio includes more than 50 major productions at such theatres as the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, the Opéra national de Paris, English National Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the UK’s National Theatre, the Bolshoi Theatre and others. In 2013, Paul Brown received the annual Royal Designer for Industry award from the Royal Society of Arts (UK).
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