Peter Crompton
Set Designer

Peter Crompton returns to Opera San José as set designer for Verdi's A Masked Ball. Mr. Crompton recently won critical acclaim for his design work in three productions with Festival Opera: Don Pasquale (2002), Aida (2003) and last season’s Rigoletto. Since his first set design in 1990, his work has been seen in numerous productions with opera, theatre and dance companies throughout California, such as Diablo Light Opera Company, West Bay Opera, Berkeley Opera, Santa Barbara Grand Opera, Western Ballet, Marin Theatre Company, Center Repertory Company, San Francisco Camerata and the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. Other recent design credits include The King and I for Diablo Light Opera Company, Treasure Island for the Willows Theatre, Don Giovanni for West Bay Opera, Annie! for the Willows Theatre, Yeomen of the Guard for Lamplighters Music Theatre and The Threepenny Opera for West Bay Opera.

Mr. Crompton is a recent winner of the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Patience with Lamplighters Music Theatre, as well as the Shellie Awards for Sunday in the Park with George with Contra Costa Musical Theatre and Proposals with Center Repertory Theatre.  Mr. Crompton also works as a fine artist and his sculptures are shown at Fleury Gallery in Forestville and each October at Artrails in Sonoma.