As a director-designer Antony McDonald's credits include Suor Angelica/Cléopâtre (Tiroler Festspiele Erl), Iolanta (Finnish National Opera), Hansel and Gretel (Houston Grand Opera, RBO), Albert Herring (ENO), The Rake’s Progress (Grange Festival), Phaedra & Minotaur, 4/4: Knoxville Summer of 1915, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (Irish National Opera, Royal Opera), Der Ring des Nibelungen (Nederlandse Reisopera), Rusalka,The Queen of Spades and Fidelio (Grange Park Opera), Lohengrin (WNO, Polish National Opera, Greek National Opera), Powder Her Face (INO), Maria Stuarda (Opera North), L’Enfant et les sortilèges (Bolshoi), Tristan und Isolde (Opéra national du Rhin) and The Importance of Being Earnest (Northern Ireland Opera). He has also designed for the RSC, Royal Court, Old Vic, Almeida, NT and Scottish Ballet. McDonald was nominated for the 2023 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for his design for The Royal Opera’s Alcina and he won Set Designer of the Year at the 2013 International Opera Awards. He is a Royal Designer for Industry.