{"id":124405,"date":"2022-01-30T14:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T07:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/an-opera-designers-brighton-home-hits-the-high-notes\/"},"modified":"2022-01-30T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T08:25:38","slug":"an-opera-designers-brighton-home-hits-the-high-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/an-opera-designers-brighton-home-hits-the-high-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"An opera designer\u2019s Brighton home hits the high notes"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThere\u2019s no central heating and sea gales make the windows rattle, but this set and costume designer\u2019s home is packed with dramatic touches \u2013 some straight from the stageFor 40 years this Brighton apartment, set on an elm-shaded, stucco-fronted square in the city\u2019s upper reaches, was the home of opera director John Cox, who used it as a bolthole while he was working at Glyndebourne. A creative crowd, including David Hockney, (his boldly graphic designs for The Rake\u2019s Progress are a Glyndebourne perennial) mingled in the garden, screened by a heady curtain of white wisteria. When the season ended, Hockney\u2019s parting gift to Cox was the art deco fireplace, which brings a dramatic flourish to the sitting room. \u200bToday, the ground-floor apartment has a suitably theatrical new owner. Gary McCann, a rising star of opera design (he has productions opening in Venice, Bologna and Bilbao) bought the apartment from Cox in 2016. It has remained \u201cpretty much unchanged\u201d since then, says the historically minded set and costume designer, who describes the architecture as a \u201cFrankenstein\u2019s monster\u201d of eras. \u201cIt was converted in the 1920s. There are elements of early Victoriana mixed with the 1980s.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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