• Search
  • Calendar
  • Log In
  • My Cart
  • CONTACT
  • GET INVOLVED

The Dallas Opera

  • Search
  • CART
  • CALENDAR
  • ACCOUNT
  • EVENTS
        • 2026/2027 Season

          • 2026/2027 Season
          • The Elixir of Love
          • The Cunning Little Vixen
          • Turandot
          • Lohengrin
          • Season Subscriptions
        • Events

          • Calendar
          • Mainstage Operas
          • Concerts & Recitals
          • Family Shows
          • Community Performances
        • Plan Your Visit

          • Plan Your Visit
          • Directions & Parking
          • Seating Map
          • Accessibility
        • Tickets

          • Tickets
          • Subscribe
          • Discount Ticket Programs
          • Group Sales
        • More From Us

          • TDO Connections
          • Past Performances
          • Archives
  • DIGITAL PROGRAMS
        • Digital Programs

          • The Dallas Opera Digital
          • Full Opera Streams
          • Videos
          • WRR Concert Hall Broadcasts
  • LEARN
        • Education

          • Education Portal
          • TDO Connections
          • Community Performances
          • Family Shows
          • Opera 101
  • ABOUT
        • About Us

          • About The Dallas Opera
          • Winspear Opera House
          • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
          • Financials
          • Impact Report
        • Company

          • Leadership
          • Company Staff
          • Board of Directors
          • Board of Trustees
          • The Dallas Opera Chorus
          • Orchestra
          • Children’s Chorus
        • History

          • History
          • Past Events and Performances
          • Performance Archives
        • News

          • Press Room
        • Careers

          • Careers
          • Volunteer
  • ARTIST DEVELOPMENT
        • Artist Development

          • The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors
          • The Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition
          • Phyllis A. and Thomas H. McCasland, Jr. Lone Star Vocal Competition
          • Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year
  • SUPPORT
        • Ways to Give

          • Support The Dallas Opera
          • Corporate Partnership
          • Planned Giving
        • Get Involved

          • Crescendo
          • Impact Report
          • Donate Now
  • TICKETS
  • Calendar
  • Login
  • My Cart
  • Contact
  • Home > Crew Members > Gavan Swift

    Gavan Swift

    Gavan Swift is in constant demand as a lighting designer for plays, musicals, dance and corporate events. His musical lighting designs include Heathers the Musical, Mamma Mia!, Mack & Mabel, The Mikado, The Pirates Of Penzance, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof, Jolson, Buddy, Oh What A Night, Footloose, Hair, Xanadu, and Saturday Night Fever both in Australia and on London’s West End. Gavan was the lighting designer for Moby Dick for the San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, LA Opera, and The Dallas Opera. In Australia he has designed the lighting for the Production Company’s concert versions of Anything Goes, Sugar (Some Like It Hot), The Music Man, Hair, Mack & Mabel, and their inaugural production of Mame. For the State Theatre Company of South Australia, he has designed The Ham Funeral, Three Sisters (co-set designer), Entertaining Mr. Sloane, King Lear, and Hamlet. For Bell Shakespeare, Gavan has designed the lighting for The Winter’s Tale, Pericles, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gavan has also designed lighting for productions at the Sydney Theatre Company, the Melbourne Theatre Company, The Ensemble Theatre, Australian Theatre for Young People, Marian St, and the Q Theatre. Gavan was the Associate Lighting Designer for the Australian productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 and 2, The Book of Mormon, Aladdin, Cabaret, The Full Monty, Chicago, High School Musical, A Chorus Line, South Pacific, Wicked, Frozen, and The Lion King, as well as the London production of A Chorus Line and the Mexican production of Wicked.

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • Site Map
    • Privacy
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Press
    • FAQs
    • Careers
    • About
    • Rentals
    • Contact
    • Seating Map
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Callboard

    The Dallas Opera

    • Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
    • 2403 Flora Street, Suite 500
    • Dallas, TX 75201
    • 214.443.1000
    We use cookies to improve the quality of your experience on our website. By visiting this site, you agree to the use of cookies. Read more about our Privacy Policy here.
    Cookie settingsACCEPT
    Privacy & Cookies Policy

    Privacy Overview

    We use cookies to improve the quality of your experience on our website. By visiting this site, you agree to the use of cookies. Read more about our Privacy Policy here.
    Necessary
    Always Enabled
    Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
    SAVE & ACCEPT