Thomas Hase's guest appearances

Thomas Hase

Inside Opera

Rufus Wainwright

Morris Robinson

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Janai Brugger

Gregory Spears

Naomi André

Nicole Cabell

Laura Kaminsky

Cori Ellison

Naomi Andre

Charles Parsons

Connie Grubbs

Stephen Lawless

Norah Amsellem

Annalisa Pappano

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Hase was Lighting Designer at Giessen State Theater (Stadttheater Giessen)Hase was Lighting Designer for open-air ballet called The Shadow of Gobustan in front of Gobustan Mountains in AzerbaijanHase mentions that stage lights range from 750-5000WHase pioneered programmable moving lights in operaEach light uses a 20A circuit (household breaker boxes use 15-20A)History &amp; literature degrees; Masters in Aesthetics (from the Institute of Theater &amp; Design in Cologne, Germany)King LouisToscaLa BohemeA Doll’s House at the Abbey Theater in DublinA gobo is a dark plate or screen used to shield a lens from light.Bonn, GermanyFulbright GrantDie MeistersingerCologne State TheaterOpera CologneMeredith MonkWorld Premiere of Waiting for the Barbarians by Philip Glass Erfort, GermanyTony Award-winning Company at Playhouse in the Park in CincinnatiFridaTriumphant march in AidaThe Demon (opera) in Barcelona1,200 lighting units for Cincinnati Opera’s 2018 season, avg. 800-900 lights/seasonGiessen State TheaterSingle-source lightingLighting cuesMoving lightsWash lightsCAD = Computer-aided design/drafting softwareLED = light-emitting diodeTungsten lightsHID (high-intensity discharge) lamps are used in moving lightsAronoff Center for the ArtsThe Magic FluteHase wants to work on The Rake’s Progress and Wozzeck again, as well as The Flying DutchmanLa Boheme at San Francisco OperaIce (opera based on the Lundberg novel)Cincinnati Opera Brat Fry: invented by Hase; Miesfeld’s brats flown in from Sheboygan, Wisconsin for staff, cast, and crewGary Kidney (technical director)In the Garden of the BeastSherlockThe BridgeNextFlight appArnold’s Bar (Cincinnati)Frank RichHase mentioned Gilbert Hemsley and Hans Tolstead as two of his mentors

Hase was Lighting Designer at Giessen State Theater (Stadttheater Giessen)Hase was Lighting Designer for open-air ballet called The Shadow of Gobustan in front of Gobustan Mountains in AzerbaijanHase mentions that stage lights range from 750-5000WHase pioneered programmable moving lights in operaEach light uses a 20A circuit (household breaker boxes use 15-20A)History &amp; literature degrees; Masters in Aesthetics (from the Institute of Theater &amp; Design in Cologne, Germany)King LouisToscaLa BohemeA Doll’s House at the Abbey Theater in DublinA gobo is a dark plate or screen used to shield a lens from light.Bonn, GermanyFulbright GrantDie MeistersingerCologne State TheaterOpera CologneMeredith MonkWorld Premiere of Waiting for the Barbarians by Philip Glass Erfort, GermanyTony Award-winning Company at Playhouse in the Park in CincinnatiFridaTriumphant march in AidaThe Demon (opera) in Barcelona1,200 lighting units for Cincinnati Opera’s 2018 season, avg. 800-900 lights/seasonGiessen State TheaterSingle-source lightingLighting cuesMoving lightsWash lightsCAD = Computer-aided design/drafting softwareLED = light-emitting diodeTungsten lightsHID (high-intensity discharge) lamps are used in moving lightsAronoff Center for the ArtsThe Magic FluteHase wants to work on The Rake’s Progress and Wozzeck again, as well as The Flying DutchmanLa Boheme at San Francisco OperaIce (opera based on the Lundberg novel)Cincinnati Opera Brat Fry: invented by Hase; Miesfeld’s brats flown in from Sheboygan, Wisconsin for staff, cast, and crewGary Kidney (technical director)In the Garden of the BeastSherlockThe BridgeNextFlight appArnold’s Bar (Cincinnati)Frank RichHase mentioned Gilbert Hemsley and Hans Tolstead as two of his mentors

Thomas Hase's Life in Lighting