Stefanos lazaridis biography sample

British stage designer (1942–2010)

Stefanos Lazaridis (28 July 1942 – 8 May 2010) was a British stage designer, best known for his work in opera.

Originally intended for a business career, he studied stage design in London, and was quickly in demand in theatres and opera houses, working with John Copley and other directors.

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Originally his style was lavish and naturalistic, but he changed to a less traditional style, working with David Pountney and other more avant garde directors at English National Opera and elsewhere.

He occasionally directed operas, and was for a short time director of the Greek National Opera.

Life and career

Lazaridis was born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, son of a prosperous expatriate Greek businessman, Nicholas Lazaridis.^[1] He was educated at the Greek School in Addis Ababa and the Ecole Internationale in Geneva.

In 1962 he went to London to take a course in business administration, but instead enrolled at the B