Costume Designer and Technician

- 2005 Season -

Lucio Silla

Costume Design by Paul Brown

Draper: Deanna Serino

Each of the costumes for this opera was an exaggerated version of 18th century silhouettes.

Turandot

Costume Design by Willa Kim

Draper: Deanna Serino

The mandarins and lunar attendents were made of a wide range of fabrics, all of which had to be appliqued in various ways.

The basic peasant garments were jobbed out, then we altered and tortured them into their final shapes.  I also made several new garments for them including the blue sash, red vest, and blue undershirt.

- 2004 Season -

Don Giovanni

Costume Design by David Zinn

Draper: Erica Burds

Two of the principle characters we worked on were Zerilena and Leporello.  Zerilena's costume was an altered and embellished vintage dress, with a vintage jacket that had to be extensively altered to fit the petite singer.  Leporello's suit also had to have extensive fit alterations, and his vest was a new build.  We also altered and embellished existing garments for the chorus.

La Sonnambula

Costume Design by Veronique Seymat

Draper: Erica Burds

The prologue of this production was set about 1905.  The lavendar dress was altered from a late 19th century dress, while the plaid dress was designed and built for this production.  The challenge for the rest of the production was to build new or transform basic period garments into Swiss folk costume, like the brown bodice below that was altered from a 17th century piece.

- 2002 season -

L'Italiana in Algeri

Costume Design by David Woolard

Draper: Rebecca Bernstein

The whimsical nature of this opera lent itself to an incredibly fun costume design, including this vest made out of a rug.  This is by far one of the most challenging pieces that I have ever helped to construct, due to the stiffness of the backing and the deep nap.

La Traviata

Remount of a San Francisco Opera Production

Draper: Rebecca Bernstein

Two additional gowns had to be built to work with the existing rental pieces.