Michael Bauer

Michael Bauer started as a trainee at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich in 1980, where he has been head of the lighting department since 1998. In that position he has, among other productions, provided the lighting for Tosca, Don Carlo, Nabucco, Die Fledermaus, Der fliegende Holländer, Tristan und Isolde, Jenůfa, Die Zauberflöte, Medea in Corinto, Lʼelisir dʼamore, Boris Godunow, LʼOrfeo, Guillaume Tell, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Mefistofele, La Juive, Les Indes galantes, La Favorite, Semiramide, Arabella, Hänsel und Gretel and Andrea Chénier. Outside Munich, he has designed the lighting for the Opéra national de Paris, Berlin State Opera, Theater an der Wien, Semperoper Dresden, La Fenice, La Scala, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Ultima Contemporary Music Festival, Oslo, Aalto-Musiktheater Essen, Den Norske Opera, Mariinsky Theater, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Opéra de Lyon and the Royal Opera House, among others. In the past, Bauer has collaborated on DNO's Die ersten Menschen. 

Last update: 21-12-2022