CHLOE OBOLENSKY

Greek set and costume designer, she designs sets and costumes for theatre, opera and film. Having studied in England and France, she began her career in theatre as an assistant to Lila De Nobili and Yannis Tsarouchis. She began a long-standing collaboration with Peter Brook in 1980 with the play The Cherry Orchard, followed by the productions of Carmen and The Mahabharata (both stage and film versions). Other notable collaborations include projects with Deborah Warner, Ermanno Olmi (Salzburg Festival), Lev Dodin (Opéra national de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Maly Theatre of St Petersburg), Alfredo Arias, Giancarlo Menotti and Mauro Bolognini (La Scala). She has designed numerous productions including Eugene Onegin (ENO, MET), Dido and Aeneas (set / costumes, Opéra-Comique), Julius Caesar (Paris, Barbican), Death in Venice (ENO, Brussels, Milan), Antigone (Athens Epidaurus Festival), The Queen of Spades (Bolshoi Theatre), Billy Budd (Royal Opera House, London), La traviata (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées), Fidelio (La Scala, Milan), winning awards and honours. She is also the author of the book The Russian Empire. A portrait in photographs. This is her first collaboration with the GNO.