Scenography

© Sam Beklik

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.

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  • © Judith Buss
    29.6.2026

    Opera production
  • © Wilfried Hösl
    20.5.2026
    Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi 

    Two one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, based on libretti by Giovacchino Forzano – one tragic, the other comic – hold up a mirror to society through the lens of art. Together, they offer a multifaceted exploration of the interplay between social structures and individual choices. In their production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, both premiered in New York in 1918, Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig’s opera class invited the audience to engage in a thought experiment: How does a society react when its values, norms, and boundaries are put to the test?

    Opera production
  • © Judith Buss
    2.2.2026
    Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia 

    "Go back, Tarquinius!" – comes the warning from the opera's narrator to the son of the Etruscan king. But the tragedy is already unfolding at pace: Tarquinius falls upon Lucretia, the wife of his comrade Collatinus, and rapes her, in spite of her fierce reistance. The next day, Lucretia takes her own life in public. Benjamin Britten's dark chamber opera, premiered in 1946 at Glyndebourne, resounds with the traumatic experiences of fascism and war.

    Opera production

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History of Collecting and Exhibition Architecture

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