Costume Designer

She has a difficult personality – but a nice nose! This opinion expressed by a short statured Gaul is just one of the many legends surrounding the captivating pharaoh. Cleopatra's ability to stun the greats of her time has always served as a blessing for those in the entertainment business who had a keen eye for good material. Even though Handel's timeless smash hit bears the title of the Roman dictator, the Egyptian usually leads by a nose in this gem of the operatic repertoire. The way she warbles, charms, suffers, sobs and triumphs is breathtakingly beautiful.

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Oper Leipzig

La Fille du régiment, or the “regiment’s daughter”, is what they call the young Marie, who was found when just a child on the battlefield by soldiers. The troops commit to raising the evidently abandoned girl themselves. A young man of course must soon enter the scene and stir a special interest in her, and the secret of her origins will soon also be revealed. In the best tradition of French opéra comique, with his team of librettists, Gaetano Donizetti created a piece that in a truly original way combines Alpine idyll, patriotic enthusiasm and romantic love with comic situations and heightened conflicts. While Donizetti’s piece was at times extremely popular, the “regiment’s daughter” faded from favour somewhat in the 20th century. It can now be rediscovered, from the famous overture right through to the both amusing and cryptic music, in its first new production at the Bayerische Staatsoper in almost ninety years.

La Fille du régiment

Max-Joseph-Platz

La Fille du régiment, or the “regiment’s daughter”, is what they call the young Marie, who was found when just a child on the battlefield by soldiers. The troops commit to raising the evidently abandoned girl themselves. A young man of course must soon enter the scene and stir a special interest in her, and the secret of her origins will soon also be revealed. In the best tradition of French opéra comique, with his team of librettists, Gaetano Donizetti created a piece that in a truly original way combines Alpine idyll, patriotic enthusiasm and romantic love with comic situations and heightened conflicts. While Donizetti’s piece was at times extremely popular, the “regiment’s daughter” faded from favour somewhat in the 20th century. It can now be rediscovered, from the famous overture right through to the both amusing and cryptic music, in its first new production at the Bayerische Staatsoper in almost ninety years

Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.

Madama Butterfly

Royal Opera House

Cinderella

San Carlo Theatre

An elderly and wealthy bachelor, Don Pasquale, takes it into his head to marry a young girl – something he denies his nephew Ernesto, already engaged to the charming (but penniless) Norina.

Fortunately, Doctor Malatesta concocts a clever stratagem to force him to change his mind. A fake marriage, a sweet bride turned harpy and a misunderstanding later, order is restored, in perfect keeping with the traditional framework of the commedia dell’arte.

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Don Pasquale

Palais Garnier

Eternal longing for a love lost in Puccini's devastating opera. A standout triple cast includes Elena Stikhina, Hrachuhí Bassénz and Asmik Grigorian as the innocent and idealistic Cio-Cio-San and Saimir Pirgu, SeokJong Baek and Joshua Guerrero as her callous lover. Henrik Nánási conducts.

Costume Designer

Agostino Cavalca

Events

Upcoming events

20 - 27 Oct, 2026

Cinderella · Teatro di San Carlo

Jun 12 - Jul 10, 2027

Don Pasquale · Opéra national de Paris

4 - 24 Jul, 2027

Madama Butterfly · Royal Opera House

Past events

13 - 27 Jun, 2026

Giulio Cesare in Egitto · Oper Leipzig

22 - 28 Nov, 2025

La Fille du régiment · Bayerische Staatsoper

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