“Takis’ gorgeous skyscapes provide an entrancing background while the costumes are varied and perfectly suited to the characters (Dulcinée’s dazzling scarlet flamenco dress signals that this is no peasant girl).” — Seen and Heard International
“The scenographer and costume designer constructed a wonderful staging which evoked the heat, colors and barren landscape of Extremadura […] It all worked absolutely perfectly. It provided an appropriate and believable context for the drama, contrasting the two very different worlds in which the characters meet, without any extraneous movements of scenery, and was visually stunning.” — Opera Wire
“The young Greek director has created a wonderful, simple staging, aided by takis’ beautiful designs and Simon Corder’s elegant lighting.” — Bachtrack
This opera production of Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet was presented at Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland in 2019, coproduced with the National Opera.
takis served as Performance Designer for this production, creating costume design and set design that brought Cervantes’ iconic knight-errant to operatic life. Working with director Rodula Gaitanou and conductor Timothy Myers, the design balanced the story’s comic elements with its underlying pathos and nobility. Lighting design by Simon Corder complemented the production’s visual storytelling.
Wexford Festival Opera is internationally renowned for championing rare and lesser-known operatic works alongside reimagined classics. This production of Massenet’s late masterwork demonstrated takis’s ability to design for the intimate scale of Wexford’s theatre while creating visually expansive worlds. The festival’s setting in historic Wexford adds unique character to every production. View the complete gallery of production images above.
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“Takis’ gorgeous skyscapes provide an entrancing background while the costumes are varied and perfectly suited to the characters.” — Robert Beattie, Seen and Heard International, 2019
Production page: Wexford Festival Opera · Reviews: Seen and Heard International, Opera Wire, Bachtrack