Klaus Bruns

Klaus Bruns

Costume designer

German costume designer Klaus Bruns studied set and costume design at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He regularly works with directors such as Barrie Kosky and Damiano Michieletto. His work has been seen at the Komische Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Royal Opera House in London, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Bayreuther Festspiele and Teatro Real Madrid, among others. At Dutch National Opera, he recently worked on Barrie Kosky’s productions of Tosca (2022) and Agrippina (2024), Animal Farm (2023) and the productions in Jetske Mijnssens Tudor-trilogy, Anna Bolena (2022) and Maria Stuarda (2023). Klaus Bruns won the Oper! Award as best costumedesigner of 20234/24 

  • In season 2023-2024, Bruns returns to DNO for costumes in the third and final part of the Tudor trilogy, Roberto Devereux 


Last update: 14-03-2024