October 30, 2025
Athens, GR 14 C
Expand search form
Blog

Sudden death of lighting designer, 60

Sudden death of lighting designer, 60

German opera houses are sharing their shock at the unexpected death in Berlin of the highly regarded Rainer Casper.

A career-long partner of the director Frank Castorf, he started out at the Volksbühne in Berlin and was responsible for lighting The Ring of the Nibelung at the 2013 Bayreuth Festival. From 2021 to his death, he headed the lighting department of the Berliner Ensemble.

Abroad, he worked in Oslo, Turin, Vienna and Moscow. His last production was the theatre debut of the visual artist Leila Hekmat ‘Gloriette’, which premiered on December 6, 2024, the day before he died.

The post Sudden death of lighting designer, 60 appeared first on Slippedisc.

Previous Article

Boston claims social relevance for Beethoven cycle

Next Article

Lang Lang got a Christmas sweater

You might be interested in …

New concerts director in Vienna

New concerts director in Vienna

We hear that Matias Naske has appointed a new head of artistic planning at the Konzerthaus in place of  Rico Gulda, who is leaving after 12 years. The newcomer is Ann-Paulin Steigerwald,  Head of Concerts […]

Familiar bassist dies on his bike

Familiar bassist dies on his bike

The North Carolina Symphony is mourning Erik Dyke who played double bass in the orchestra for almost 50 years. He was well known around Raleigh for cycling through town with a 20-pound double bass strapped […]