Eleni Konstantatou
Set & Costume Designer
60 designers
57 projects
Born in Athens in 1985. She studied Graphic Design and Photography, holds a BA (Hons) in Visual Communication from Akto School of Applied Arts and Design (Athens/Middlesex University) and a Masters Degree in Set Design & Scenic Space from TU Berlin. She has worked for several Opera Houses and Institutions in Europe, such as among others: Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Salzburger Festspiele, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Staatsoper Halle, Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden, Staatstheater & Oper Darmstadt, Staatsoper Graz. She won with Carmen Clara Kruse in Direction the German Musiktheater Heute Opera Contest for Set & Costume Design for Clara (Osterfestspiel Baden Baden 2019) and the international Opera Direction, Set & Costume Design Contest Ring Award ‘20 with Anika Rutkofsky in Direction and Johanna Danhauser in Dramaturgy for her sets & costumes for Don Giovanni, The Reckoning (National Theatre of Graz 2021). Since October 2019 she has been part of the Greek National Opera team as a Set Production Supervisor, while she continues working as a freelancer set & costume designer between Athens and Berlin.
The plot of the opera resembles the scandals that #metoo has brought to light. Today, we can no longer let pass the narcissistic justifications of the so-called seducer – for deception, rape and murder. But how can we negotiate the myth without reproducing male dominance or, in accordance with cancel culture, get rid off of people ostracised by the media and of uncomfortable topics? Since Don Giovanni has been found guilty in the first act through a class action initiated by Donna Anna, the courtroom degenerates into a lawless space and the hero undergoes through bizarre episodes of punishment, as alienated versions of his victims push him to his mental and physical limits. Around the epicentre of the Don Giovanni character, the regulated dramaturgy of the score also disintegrates. It finds a new order in which ruptures are exposed, repetitions impose themselves and a female author raises her voice: George Sand, a powerful voice of criticism of the Don Juan myth that is under-represented in our cultural memory.
Music: W.A. Mozart
Direction: Anika Rutkofsky
Set & Costume Design: Eleni Konstantatou
Dramaturgy: Johanna Danhauser
Photos: Susanne Hassler-Smith
The plot of the opera resembles the scandals that #metoo has brought to light. Today, we can no longer let pass the narcissistic justifications of the so-called seducer – for deception, rape and murder. But how can we negotiate the myth without reproducing male dominance or, in accordance with cancel culture, get rid off of people ostracised by the media and of uncomfortable topics? Since Don Giovanni has been found guilty in the first act through a class action initiated by Donna Anna, the courtroom degenerates into a lawless space and the hero undergoes through bizarre episodes of punishment, as alienated versions of his victims push him to his mental and physical limits. Around the epicentre of the Don Giovanni character, the regulated dramaturgy of the score also disintegrates. It finds a new order in which ruptures are exposed, repetitions impose themselves and a female author raises her voice: George Sand, a powerful voice of criticism of the Don Juan myth that is under-represented in our cultural memory.
Born in Athens in 1985. She studied Graphic Design and Photography, holds a BA (Hons) in Visual Communication from Akto School of Applied Arts and Design (Athens/Middlesex University) and a Masters Degree in Set Design & Scenic Space from TU Berlin. She has worked for several Opera Houses and Institutions in Europe, such as among others: Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Salzburger Festspiele, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Staatsoper Halle, Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden, Staatstheater & Oper Darmstadt, Staatsoper Graz. She won with Carmen Clara Kruse in Direction the German Musiktheater Heute Opera Contest for Set & Costume Design for Clara (Osterfestspiel Baden Baden 2019) and the international Opera Direction, Set & Costume Design Contest Ring Award ‘20 with Anika Rutkofsky in Direction and Johanna Danhauser in Dramaturgy for her sets & costumes for Don Giovanni, The Reckoning (National Theatre of Graz 2021). Since October 2019 she has been part of the Greek National Opera team as a Set Production Supervisor, while she continues working as a freelancer set & costume designer between Athens and Berlin.
Music: W.A. Mozart
Direction: Anika Rutkofsky
Set & Costume Design: Eleni Konstantatou
Dramaturgy: Johanna Danhauser
Photos: Susanne Hassler-Smith
