Gina McLellan Morel, Costume Designer

Gina began working as a costume designer while attending UBC for a degree in Opera Performance where she designed and produced the costumes for numerous productions with the UBC Opera Ensemble, including Orpheus in the Underworld, The Marriage of Figaro, The Gondoliers, La Bohème and Die Fledermaus, as well as Pirates of Penzance with DragonDiva Opera.  Gina has designed the costumes for Burnaby Lyric Opera’s productions of Carmen (2017), The Barber of Seville (2018), L’Elisir D’Amore (2019), Madama Butterfly (2020), Pagliacci & Gianni Schicchi (2023), and La Boheme (2024) as well as costumes for RENT (URP - 2016), Green Day’s American Idiot (URP - 2019) and A Flea in her Ear (United Players - 2023).  She is delighted to be part of BLO’s creative team for this production of Le Nozze di Figaro.