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Annamaria Cattaneo
Architect
Set and costumes designer
Born in Bologna, Italy, she began her artistic journey studying music (piano and clarinet) before earning a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Ferrara. She further honed her craft by specializing in Theater Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Design at IUAV University of Venice.
In 2005, after receiving a prestigious DAAD Scholarship in contemporary musical theatre, she moved to Berlin, where she now works as a set and costume designer. Her dynamic career has led to collaborations with theaters across Europe, where she contributes to opera, ballet, and productions for young audiences in various creative roles.
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Pleasant Land – musical prose about identity, Derby Theatre (UK), Dschungel Wien (AT), 2023
Ein Sommernachtstraum – musical by The Metafiction Cabaret, TheaterNaturFestival, 2021
Passaros – prose by Joao Miguel Neca Jesus. Teatro OBando, Palmela, Portugal, 2018
Nella selva chiara – by Angelica Zanardi, Allegra De Mandato. Production: Crexida, Endas Emilia Romagna. Fienile Fluo´, Bologna, 2017
Mister Green – by Giuditta Mingucci, Mihkel Seeder. Production: Vat Teater, Teatro Elsinor, Platform Shift+. National Library Theatre Hall, Tallinn, 2017
I wish – by Col Ceske and Nathan Pronyshyn with Kim Selody and Linda Carson
direction: Kim Selody, with: Stefano Braschi, Giuditta Mingucci, Teatro Testori Forli, 2015
Voyage erotique – prose by Angelica Zanardi and Maurizio Cardillo. Fienile Fluo´, Bologna, 2015
Die T-Haus Tour – musiktheater by Novoflot. Radialsystem, Berlin, 2014
Eden – prose by A. Zanardi. Crexida Production. Pubblico Teatro di Casalecchio, Bologna, 2014
AIRossini – opera by Gioachino Rossini with Beggar´s Opera Athens. Costumes design.
Neukölner Oper, Berlin, 2013
Appunti sull´erba – open air Theater Festival. Fienile Fluo´, Bologna, 2011-2012
Rosaesagerata – Theater Festival. Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, 2007
Le ore piccole – prose from Dorothy Parker. Crexida. Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, 2007
La verità sul caso Colemar – opera buffa by Paolo Boggio.Castello di Riomaggiore, Savona, 2005
Persefone – prose by Jiannis Ritsos, direction: Federico Dilirio, Crexida Production. Teatro S. Martino, Bologna, 2005
L’amante – prose by Harold Pinter, direction: Alexandra Dadier. Sala Estense, Ferrara, 2004
La nenia di nonno Anshel, direction: Piersandra di Matteo. Casa dell’Ariosto, Ferrara, 2001
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Der Protagonist – Ein Akt Oper von Georg Keiser / Kurt Weill. Direction, Set, Costumes: Ezio Toffolutti. Teatro Malibran, Venezia, 2025
Oceane – Ein Sommerstück für Musik by Detlef Glanert. Direction: Robert Carsen. Set: Luis Carvalho. Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2019
La Sylphide – ballet by August Bournonville. Set and Costumes: Marie i Dali. Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2019.
La Bayadere – ballet by Marius Petipa. Choreography: Alexei Ratmanski. Set and Costumes: Jerome Kaplan. Staatsoper Berlin, 2018
Der rote Gott. Stalin und die Deutschen – exhibition with Beier+Wellach Projekte. Hohenschönhausen Memorial, Berlin, 2017
The Nutcracker – ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Choreography: Terence Kohler. Set and costumes: Jordi Roig. Hong Kong Ballet, 2012
Cinderella – ballet by Lera Auerbach. Choreography: Terence Kohler. Set and costumes: Jordi Roig. Helsinki National Oper, 2011
Einfach kompliziert – prose by Thomas Bernhard. Direction: Claus Peymann. Set and costumes: Karl Ernst Herrmann. Berliner Ensemble, 2010
Dialogues des carmélites – opera by Francis Poulenc. Direction: Thomas Bischoff, Set: Michele Canzoneri, Staatsoper Stuttgart, 2010
Metanoia – opera by Jens Joneleit. Staatsoper Berlin, 2009
La Péri – ballet by Paul Dukas. Direction: Vladimir Malakhov, Set and costumes: Jordi Roig. Staatsoper Berlin, 2009
Das flammende Herz– ballet. Choreography: Partrice Bart. Set: Ezio Toffolutti. Costumes: Maria Luisa Spinatelli. Staatsballett Berlin, 2009
Fidelio – opera by Ludwig van Beethoven. Direction: Amelie Niermeyer. Set: Stephan Braunfels. Deutsche Oper am Rhein, 2008
Il turco in Italia – opera by Gioachino Rossini. Direction: Tobias Richter. Set: Gian Maurizio Fercioni. Deutsche Oper am Rhein, 2007
Phaedra – concert-opera by Hans Werner Henze. Direction: Peter Mussbach. Set: Olafur Eliasson. Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 2007
Über Tiere – by Elfriede Jelinek, Direction: Nicolas Stemann. Deutsches Theater Berlin, 2007
Der Freischütz – opera by Carl Maria von Weber. Direction: Alexander von Pfeil, Set: Bernd Damovski. Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2006
L´inganno felice – opera by Gioachino Rossini. Direction: Jun Aguni. Set: Keiko Shiraishi. New National Theatre, Tokyo, 2001
Bologna Towers 2000 – sound and light event by Peter Greenaway. Calligraphy: Brody Neuenschwender. Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, 2000
