Michael Bauer has been lighting designer at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich since 1998. In Munich, he has collaborated with directors such as Luc Bondy, David Bosch, August Everding, Andreas Dresen, Claus Guth, Richard Jones, Yannis Kokkos, Peter Konwitschny, Jürgen Rose and Roland Schwab. He also works on stages in Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Madrid, London, San Francisco, New York, Milan, Antwerp, Ghent, Basel, Athens, Saint Petersburg, Paris, Bilbao, Rome and Lisbon.He collaborates regularly with Calixto Bieito. In recent years, he has designed the lighting for Lohengrin in Berlin, Hänsel and Gretel, Lear, Tosca, The Nose, L'elisir d'amore, The Magic Flute, Peter Grimes, Hanjo and Semele in Munich, Manon, Falstaff and Fidelio in Hamburg, Rigoletto, Irrelohe and Bluthaus in Lyon, Tristan and Isolde in Vienna, Tannhäuser in Leipzig, War and Peace in Budapest, Mahomet II in Naples, Idomeneo and Khovanshchina in Geneva, and Das Rheingold in Munich.During the 2025-2026 season, he will design the lighting for Monster's Paradise in Hamburg and Of One Blood in Munich.At the Paris Opera: Werther, 2009; La Cenerentola, 2011; Simon Boccanegra, 2018; Faust, 2021; Das Rheingold, 2025

Michael BauerLighting designer