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Alison was born in Leeds and graduated from Wimbledon School of Art. Opera 
designs include Frau Margot for Fort Worth; Turandot for Orlando Opera; Pearl 
Fishers for Portland Opera; Madame Butterfly, Fledermaus and Carmen for Opera 
Ireland’s touring company; La Bohème and Opera Spectacular at the Royal Albert 
Hall; Così fan tutte at the Royal College of Music and productions for the National 
Opera Centre and British Youth Opera. Theatre designs include A Doll’s House 
and The Importance of Being Ernest in Galway and U.K. tours of Smokey Joe’s 
Café, Persuasion and Rosie and Jim’s Music Party. 
Her work as Associate Designer includes Acis and Galatea and Showboat for 
Opera North; Maria Stuarda for Scottish Opera; The Rocky Horror Show in the 
West End and The Taming of the Shrew for the Royal Shakespeare Company.   
Abroad her work has seen in the Netherlands, Strasbourg, Ireland and the United 
States. Alison Nalder also works in trade shows, paints murals to commission and 
recently collaborated on The Wee Man - an installation beside London Bridge 
and later at the Eden Project. Future plans include designs for a new opera at 
Fort Worth.