Katrin Lea Tag (born 1972) is a German scenic and costume designer for drama and opera, whose works have appeared internationally. In 2020, she was named Scenic Designer of the Year by '' Opernwelt'', for productions such as Barrie Kosky's ''

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'' for the Oper Frankfurt.

Career

Born in Berlin, Tag studied scenic design, painting and graphic art at the

Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. History The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...

from 1993 to 1999. In 1997, she won first prize at the , the international competition for direction and stage design in Graz. She was often an assistant to . She was invited to design costumes for several productions of

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in 2006, including Chekhov's ''

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'' at the Berlin Volksbühne. The production was part of the Berliner Theatertreffen in 2006. Die Schutzbefohlenen 4447-Michelides

She designed costumes in drama and opera for

Michael Thalheimer Michael Thalheimer (born 28 May 1965) is a German theatre director. Life Born in Münster, Thalheimer studied from 1985 to 1989 at the Bern School of Acting, now integrated into the University of the Arts Bern. As an actor, he was engaged at m ...

at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Thalia Theater in Hamburg,

Burgtheater The Burgtheater (literally:"Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater"), originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in Vi ...

in Vienna, Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and Schauspiel Frankfurt. With Barrie Kosky, she worked at the Staatsoper Hannover, English National Opera in London, and the Komische Oper Berlin. She designed for at the Ruhrtriennale 2005 and the Akademietheater in Vienna. She designed sets and costumes for the Kosky production of Purcell's ''Dido'', which premiered at Oper Frankfurt in 2010 and played at the Edinburgh Festival and the

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in 2013. It was coupled with Bartók's '' A kékszakállú herceg vára'' (''Bluebeard's Castle''). Two 2015 productions recognised by critics and the audience were her set for '' Ariadne auf Naxos'' by Richard Strauss, directed by

Hans Neuenfels Hans Neuenfels (; 31 May 1941 – 6 February 2022) was a German writer, poet, film producer, librettist, theatre director, opera director and theatre manager. As a director, he first focused on drama, staged at prominent houses such as the Vie ...

at the Berlin State Opera, and her set and costume design for Jelineks ''

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'', directed by Thalheimer at the Burgtheater. Her set and costume design for Kosky's production of Bizet's ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'' at Oper Frankfurt was also presented at the Royal Opera House in London from 2017. In 2020, she was awarded the "Set Designer of the Year" award, the German critics' choice by '' Opernwelt'', for her design for Kosky's ''

'' in Frankfurt, among others.

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Katrin Lea Tag
(articles) Neue Musikzeitung * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tag, Katrin Lea German scenic designers German costume designers Scenographers Women scenic designers Women costume designers People from Berlin 1972 births Living people Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni