(Photo credit: Raber Umphenour) John Conklin, a notable theater and opera designer, passed on June 24, 2025. He was 88. Born on June 22, 1937, in Hartford, Connecticut, Conklin studied at Kingswood-Oxford School and Yale University. Throughout his career he designed for such companies as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, English National Opera, Royal Opera Stockholm, Opéra National {…}