Michael Gianfrancesco
Costume Designer

Michael Gianfrancesco’s set and costume designs for theater, musical theater, opera, and dance have been seen across Canada, Europe, and the US. He has worked in repertory with the Stratford Festival for 19 seasons and the Shaw Festival for 10 seasons. Past productions include Emma Bovary at The National Ballet of Canada, sets for La Dame aux Camélias at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, sets for Richard II and Chicago at the Stratford Festival, Jasper at the off-Broadway Signature Theatre in New York City, the set for Embrasse at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, the costumes for Ricciardo e Zoraide at the Rossini Festival in Italy, costumes for Frame By Frame created by Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté with Ex Machina and The National Ballet of Canada, and sets for Hadrian by Rufus Wainwright and Daniel McIvor at Canadian Opera Company.