Paco Azorin

Paco Azorin studied stage design and direction in the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona. He has designed more than a hundred productions for opera, theatre, dance and music events. In Spain, he operates mainly in theaters and public festivals, such as, Lliure National Drama Centre Theatre Spanish, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Grec Festival, among others. He created in 2003 the Shakespeare Festival Santa Susana and in 2007 as Director and Designer he created the world premiere of an inedited text by Bernard-Marie Koltès: Hamlet: the day of the assassination. In 2008, the city of Madrid invited him to direct in the Plaza Mayor the anthology of Zarzuelas, that commemorate the centenary of the death of Federico Chueca and in 2009 to directed Cien punaos de rosas for the centenary of Ruperto Chapi. 2010 is the year where he designed Con los pies en la luna  by Antoni Parera Fons, a co-production of Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real, Teatro de la Maestranza, Abao-Olbe and Barcelona Grec Festival. He received several awards: the Crítica Serra d’Or 2004 and Butaca 2004, also Premio Josep Solbes 2005 of the Generalitat Valenciana for the best lighting and set design for Sopa de pollo con cebada. The Premio de las Artes Escénicas de la Generalitat Valenciana for the best set design 2008 for Los enredos de Scapin. Butaca award 2009 and Premio de la Asociación e Directores de Escena de España(ADE), both for The House of Bernarda Alba, producing the National Theatre Catalunya and Spanish Theatre in Madrid.

Plans include: La voix humaine in Teatro Liceu de Barcelona; Tosca in Teatro Maestranza, Sevilla; Salome in Festival Granada; Otello at Festival in Peralada.