Thomas C. Hase

Thomas C. Hase has created lighting for Broadway (Tony-Award winning revival of Company) and for opera and theater internationally. His operatic work has been seen at the major companies of Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle, Dallas, Miami, Portland, New Orleans, and Boston. He has also worked extensively in American regional theaters, from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park to Center Stage Theatre, Alliance Theatre, and Dallas Theater Center, among others. Hase’s work has been seen internationally at London’s Barbican Centre, Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, Opera North (U.K.), Finnish National Opera, Dutch National Opera, and the opera companies of Giessen (former resident lighting designer), Munich, Marseille, and Kassel, as well as the Singapore Arts Festival and Tokyo Metro Arts Center. In 2010, he was on the original design team for Rufus Wainwright’s opera Prima Donna (world premiere) at Sadler’s Wells in London. Hase is resident lighting designer and director for the Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival. Among his upcoming productions are Dr. Zhivago (Malmö Opera), The Color Purple (Milwaukee Rep), and Iolanta (Dallas Opera).

Lyric Opera debut: Fellow Travelers (2017|18)

Last updated: March 17, 2018