Photo by Daniel Hill
Hear me talk about different aspects of scenography both historically and in contemporary practice as a guest on the What is Opera, Anyway? podcast.
Baroque Stage Design and the Bibiena Family
Who was the Bibiena Family, Anyway? by What is Opera, Anyway? • A podcast on Anchor
La Bohème without the Stovepipe: Rethinking the staging and design of classic operas
La Boheme Without the Stovepipe: Rethinking Stage Design. by What is Opera, Anyway? (anchor.fm)
The History of Opera in Vienna
What is the History of Stage Design, Anyway? by What is Opera, Anyway? (anchor.fm)
About
As a scenic designer, I believe in nurturing the intersections of art, design, architecture and performance. The fluidity with which artists of the Baroque period oscillated between disciplines I find invigorating and exciting. With a strong passion for opera and experimental performance, I enjoy reinterpreting and challenging classic dramatic works.
In addition to my contemporary artistic practice I conduct research on the history of scenic design and festival culture. I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Vienna, Department of Theatre, Film & Media Studies. Previously I earned degrees in Scenography from Yale School of Drama and a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design. In 2022, my article on Pietro Righini and the Bibiena family won the Ricciardi prize from Master Drawings for best new art historical article on the topic of drawings from someone under 40. In 2015 I received a Fulbright Grant to Vienna, Austria where I pursued research at the Austrian National Theater Museum (Theatermuseum Wien) and collaborated with students in the Film- and Stage Design Department at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. In January 2020 I was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the Beinecke Library at Yale for work on depictions of the Other in 17th-18th century Baroque stage and costume design.
Between 2011-2014 I worked in architectural design offices in Zurich, Switzerland and New York City before moving to Vienna, Austria in 2015.