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Today a revival of our La Traviata in Stade Stadeum, Germany! @silviaaureadestefano @beingbritta @musikfenix @shokrifrancis @arsenault_baritone @solgerdisalv #opera #setdesign #light #stars
Today and tomorrow: La traviata at Theater der Stadt Schweinfurt Next month (June 5 & 7): Tosca at Theater der Stadt Schweinfurt #opera #compagnianuova #setdesign #light #europallet
The new season brochure of the Belgian National Orchestra. Texts by yours truly. Many exciting concerts to come! #dramaturgy #belgiannationalorchestra #bozarbrussels
Aufbautag für La Traviata @theater_schweinfurt mit @compagnianuova
Up next: three revivals of the Compagnia Nuova’s La traviata-production for which I designed a set that fits on one euro-pallet. See you at Theater Schweinfurt (May 1 and May 2) or at Stade Stadeum (May 7)! More information: http://mienbogaert.eu/la-traviata/ Theater Schweinfurt: https://theater-schweinfurt.de/la-traviata/ Stade Stadeum: https://www.stadeum.de/Abonnement/Nachmittags-Abo/La-Traviata.html #setdesign #verdi #opera #sustainability #light
Throwback Thursday ... Set design and staging for Monteverdi’s ‘L’incoronazione di Poppea’. Created for the Staatsoper Hamburg (Opera Stabile) November 2017. On the one side, a moving marble bed, the stage on which Nerone gives free rein to his lust. On the other side, the factory of the artist-philosopher Seneca who papers his walls with…
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Another set with soil and jute sacks was the set I designed and made for the new opera creation CYCLOPS (music by @benjamienlycke) in Hamburg, December 2016. With a concrete kitchen isle that doubled as a bed. Also my first collaboration with costume designer @dennis.peschke! More information: http://mienbogaert.eu/cyclops/ #stagedirection #setdesign #newcreation #opera #musictheatre
A very curvy set I designed back in 2017 was the set for the double bill La serva padrona (Pergolesi) and L’artigiano gentiluomo (Hasse). Made from wood, coated with hundreds of newspapers. With costumes by Elena Werner. More information: http://mienbogaert.eu/opstand/ #stagedirection #setdesign #pergolesi #hasse #newspapers #financialtimes mes #opera #musictheatre @operawerf113 @costumedesign.scenicarts @liza.dedapper @erwin_muller_bariton
In my seventh year as a stage director now, and already seven years of creating sets as well. It all begun with soil, steel reinforcement cages, jute bags and a LED wall. The multimedial war requiem MONU (Concertgebouw Brugge, 2015) was a wonderful collaboration with architect Jason Slabbynck, composer Benjamien Lycke, choreographer Talitha De Decker…
Aftermovie Peer Gynt Bozar Brussels, March 18, 2022 Michael Schønwandt, conductor Belgian National Orchestra Mien Bogaert, stage direction and set design Dennis Peschke, costumes Benjamien Lycke, video Talitha De Decker, choreography Laure-Anne Iserief, Axel Guérin, Antonia Evers, dancers Frans Maas, actor @bozarbrussels @belgian_national_orchestra @klarafestival
Light rehearsal Tosca #setdesign #light #puccini @compagnianuova @beingbritta @silviaaureadestefano
Zoom out. @belgian_national_orchestra #setdesign #ravensteingallery #exposition #education #firebird.
Participatory exposition for the school performances of FIREBIRD last Friday. An intense but beautiful experience! @belgian_national_orchestra @bozarbrussels #setdesign #education #exposition
Waiting for the students' inscriptions ... Clay tablets @bozarbrussels @belgian_national_orchestra
Expo installed at the Ravenstein Gallery Brussels. Everything ready for tomorrow! @belgian_national_orchestra #setdesign #education #exposition #classicalmusic
Everything ready for the FIREBIRD exposition. Tomorrow: transport to Bozar and the Ravenstein Gallery Brussels. #belgiannationalorchestra #bozar #setdesign #classicalmusic #exposition
Late night visit of Akhnaten ... #belgiannationalorchestra #firebird #setdesign #workshop #youth #education #philipglass #bozar
Last preparations for the FIREBIRD exposition next week. @bozarbrussels @belgian_national_orchestra #education #setdesign #workshops
First job in the new workshop ... Making an exposition for students visiting the school performances of FIREBIRD by the @belgian_national_orchestra at @bozarbrussels
Diving into the fascinating world of this masterpiece ... #opera #stagedirection #research #newprojectahead