“Lavish Art Deco design marks Violetta’s salons, with two-storey booths like theatre boxes along each side of the stage, decorated with rounded squares in copper-coloured, gleaming metal” — Scenekunst.no
“The stage is full of theatre boxes covered in gold ribbon in Art Deco style. The costumes glitter and we can see through the fabrics and box walls” — Gjenlyder
“The scenography is the highlight” — Klassekampen
This opera production of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi was presented at Den Norske Opera & Ballett in Oslo, Norway throughout 2023.
takis served as Performance Designer, creating costume design and set design for Verdi’s tragic masterpiece. Working with director Rodula Gaitanou and choreographer Lars Jacob Holm, the design brought visual depth to the story of Violetta Valéry’s doomed love affair. The production was conducted by Anja Bihlmaier and Constantin Trinks, with lighting design by D.M. Wood.
Den Norske Opera & Ballett is Norway’s national opera company, performing in the architecturally striking Oslo Opera House. This production demonstrated takis’s expertise in designing for grand opera, balancing period aesthetics with contemporary theatrical vision. View the complete gallery of production images above.