My work includes opera direction as well as set and costume design for modern and classical ballet productions worldwide.
I studied opera direction at Hamburger Hochschule für Musik und Theater and created my first piece as a set and costume designer for Staatsballett Berlin in 2006. The same year I directed and designed my first opera production Carmen by George Bizet for Ensemble Escritura Hamburg.
After an extensive career as a set and costume designer I brought in recent years new life to my work as an opera director with The Count of Luxemburg by Franz Lehár for Estonian National Opera, Iolanta & Nutcracker by Peter I. Tchaikovsky and Hansel & Gretel by E. Humperdinck for Landestheater Salzburg.
In the past I have collaborated with modern choreographers Fabio Adorisio, Alejandro Cerrudo, Edward Clug, Martin Chaix, Dominique Dumais, Marco Goecke, Jack Lister, Trey McIntyre, Sofia Nappi, Juliano Nunes, Kevin O’Day, Eno Peci, Tim Plegge, Martin Schläpfer, Simone Valastro and Jeroen Verbruggen.
In the classical repertoire I created the designs for Onegin and Romeo and Juliet by John Cranko, Lady of the Camellias by Derek Deane, Don Quixote by Alexey Fadeechev, Don Quixote by Nina Ananishvili, Romeo and Juliet by Lauren Lovette, Romeo and Juliet by Ben van Cauwenbergh, Swan Lake by Thomas Edur.
My work has been presented by major venues such as Opera National Garnier Paris, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Stuttgart, San Francisco War Memorial Opera, Wells, National Center of the Performing Arts Beijing, Hong Kong Culture Center, Seoul Arts Center, LG Art Center Seoul, Wortham Theater Houston, Harris Theater Chicago, Sadlers Wells, Hungarian National Opera, Polish National Opera, Estonian National Opera, Novosibirsk State Opera, Croatian National Theater, Slovenian National Opera, Staatsoper Hannover, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Aalto Theater Essen, Musiktheater im Revier as well as Royal Opera House Antwerp & Ghent.