António Lagarto

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António Lagarto GOIH[1] is a Portuguese set and costume designer and artist.

He lived in London through the seventies and eighties, having graduated at St. Martin’s School of Art (Sculpture) and the Royal College of Art (Environmental Media). He developed his activity between London, Lisbon and Paris. He was Director of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon’s National Theatre) in 2005 and 2006 and Deputy Director (1989–1993). He was Director of () (1991–1995). Since 2007 he is in charge of the Department of Set and Costume Design at Lisbon's Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (Theatre and Cinema School).

Lagarto started his career in performance art and environment / installations. His work has spanned from installations to photography, film, illustration, graphics and interior design. In 1978 he initiated his professional activity in set and costume design. Between 1975 and 1981 he collaborated in several art and design projects with architect Nigel Coates.

His set and costume designs for theatre, dance, ballet and opera have been seen at the Opéra National de Paris, , Teatro María Guerrero and in Madrid, at in , at Portuguese National Theatres (Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Opera House, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Companhia Nacional de Bailado, Gulbenkian Ballet, Centro Cultural de Belém all in Lisbon and in Oporto), at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, Theatre Royal and Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris, amongst others.

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His work has been exhibited at Serralves Museum (Oporto), (Lisbon), (London), (Florence), amongst others. He was present at (P)Portugal 1990/2004, Architecture and Design, at (Milan 2004).

Some of his most emblematic designs were for Fausto, Fernando, Fragmentos., by Fernando Pessoa, directed by , at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon 1989) and for Hamlet a mais, by William Shakespeare, also directed by , at (Oporto 2003). For the Opéra National de Paris (1997) he designed the sets for The Merry Widow, by Franz Lehár, directed by Jorge Lavelli, with in the title role. His latest costume and set designs were for Swan Lake, with and Carlos Acosta, choreographed by , at Companhia Nacional de Bailado (National Ballet of Portugal), also shown at (Madrid) and at . In 2009 he designed Don Giovanni for Lisbon's Opera House Teatro Nacional S. Carlos, , by Tracy Letts, for Lisbon's Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and the musical The Adding Machine for Teatro da Trindade.

He is Grand-Officer of the Portuguese Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique.)

References[]

  1. ^ Lagarto, António (10 June 2015). "Grand-Officer Order of Prince Henry".

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