With more than 250 productions to his credit, Fabrice Kebour has become one of Europe’s leading lighting designers.
He began his career more than 20 years ago in New York. His work has been seen on the most prestigious international theatres: the Comédie Française, the Opéra National de Paris, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Bregenzer Festspiele, the Teatro Alla Scala, the Mariinsky Theatre, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie.
He designed Giorgio Barberio Corsetti’s productions of Un Chapeau de paille d’Italie for La Comédie Française, Macbeth and Turandot for La Scala, as well as Don Carlo at the Mariinsky.
Since 2007, he has been designing most of Sir David Pountney’s productions, including La forza del destino for the Wiener Staatsoper, The Magic Flute for the Bregenz Festival, the world premiere Philip Glass’s of Spuren der Verirrten for the opening of the new opera house in Linz, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the Leipzig Opera, Otello for the Poznań Opera House, Dalibor for the National Theatre in Brno, and The Passenger for the Teatro Real in Madrid.
He also collaborated with director Claus Guth: La Bohème and Berenice at the Opera de Paris, the world premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s Il Viaggio, Dante at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and the world premiere of Philip Glass’s Alice at the Opera du Rhin, in collaboration with choreographers Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn.
With Christof Loy he collaborated for Trittico (Puccini) at the Salzburger Festspiele, La Rondine at the Openhaus Zurich (2023), La Voix Humaine/Erwartung at the Teatro Real (2024), La Fiamma at the Deutsche Oper (2024). For the Opera Lyon he designed the lighting for Tannhäuser (directed by David Hermann).
In 2006 he designed the opening and closing Olympic Ceremonies of the Asian Games in Doha. In 2011 the Prague Quadrennial invited him to be part of the ‘Light Speaks’ exhibit which displayed the work of the world’s leading lighting designers.
His accolades include three Molière nominations (Camille C, Théâtre de l’Oeuvre, 2005; Baby Doll, Théâtre de l’Atelier, 2009; Pluie d’Enfer, Théâtre de la Pépinière, 2011); Prix de la critique and Prix de l’Europe Francophone, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Opéra Royal de Wallonie (2014/2015 season); and a Welsh Theatre Award nomination (Moses in Egypt, Welsh National Opera, 2015).
