Scenography

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The aim of the Scenography Department at the Mozarteum University is to train students to become independent and reflective in their artistic visions and decisions. The main subject Set Design comprises the areas of stage design, costume design, lighting design, film architecture and exhibition architecture.

Theatrum, 2. OG
Paris-Lodron-Straße 9
5020 Salzburg

 

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Set design today transcends the traditional boundaries between performing and visual arts, architecture, literature, fashion, film, music, design and photography. Through exploring the various sub-areas of art, technology and new media across the broad field of performing arts, students will learn to articulate themselves competently, artistically and in an interdisciplinary manner.

Courses

Projects

  • 11.12.2025
    Opera as a mirror of society 

    26th January 2026 sees the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia in the Max Schlereth Saal at the Mozarteum University. We spoke to the production team, Lena Matterne and Theresa Staindl, to learn more about their views on female identity, self-determination and social conscience.

    Interview
  • 21.10.2025

    Olga Kosanović's film ‘Noch lange keine Lipizzaner’ (Not Lipizzaners Yet) will be released in Austrian cinemas on 12 September. Scenography alumna Sophie Rieser designed the set for the film. ‘Power emanates from the people’ is enshrined in the Austrian constitution – but who are the people when more than a third of Vienna's population is now ineligible to vote?

    News
  • 24.7.2025

    On June 26 and 27, the Department of Scenography invited to the annual tour, work show and summer party.

    News

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Events

  • 26.1.2026
    07:00 pm
    Max Schlereth Saal
    The Rape of Lucretia
    „Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.
  • 27.1.2026
    07:00 pm
    Max Schlereth Saal
    The Rape of Lucretia
    „Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.
  • 29.1.2026
    07:00 pm
    Max Schlereth Saal
    The Rape of Lucretia
    „Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.
  • 31.1.2026
    05:00 pm
    Max Schlereth Saal
    The Rape of Lucretia
    „Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.

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Stefan Bachmann, (Eds.) / Lou Hinderhofer / Yvonne Schäfer / Thorben Schumüller
Akt / Nude
VFMK Publishing House for Modern Art 2022
Set Design