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Roland Aeschlimann

Details

Position: Designer

Nationality: Swiss

Born in Switzerland, he trained at Bayreuther Festspiele as an assistant to Josef Svoboda. He spent several years as Art Director in Osaka, Japan, was Head Designer at Grand Théâtre de Genève and enjoyed a long collaboration with Herbert von Karajan. He has designed in venues across the world, including Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Warsaw, Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden, London, Paris and New York. He has designed sets for Tristan und Isolde (GF); L’Orfeo and Luci mie traditrici (La Monnaie, Barbican Centre, London); and Giasone (Frankfurt). He has designed and directed Parsifal and Nabucco (Genève, Oper Leipzig, Nice), La Damnation de Faust (La Monnaie) and Euryanthe (Karlsruhe). Taken from the Festival 2024 programme book.

Performances

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 19 May 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 23 May 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 27 May 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 05 June 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 09 June 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 13 June 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 19 June 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 25 June 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 29 June 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 04 July 2003 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 01 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 06 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 10 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 14 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 18 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 22 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 06 August 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 10 August 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 14 August 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 18 August 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 22 August 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 26 August 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 30 August 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 29 July 2024 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 02 August 2024 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 06 August 2024 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 10 August 2024 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 14 August 2024 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 18 August 2024 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 21 August 2024 at Glyndebourne view performance details

Set Designer / Tristan und Isolde, 25 August 2024 at Glyndebourne view performance details