Stage Design

Rainer Sinell

Rainer Sinell grew up in Berlin and studied stage decoration and costumes there at the Academy of the Arts. Thereafter he went to New York for a year of study. Permanent engagements linked him to the municipal theatres in Freiburg, Hessen's State Theatre in Wiesbaden and the Municipal Theatre in Augsburg.

Guest invitations have thus far taken him to Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Augsburg Theatre, to Hessen's State Theatre in Darmstadt, to Dortmund Theatre, to Mannheim National Theatre, the Hans Otto Theatre in Potsdam, the State Theatre of Mecklenburg in Schwerin, the Graz Opera, the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, the Leipzig Opera , the Music Theatre in Industrial Gelsenkirchen, to Viennaʼs Chamber Opera and Neue Oper, to the State Opera in Prague, Burgtheater in Vienna, the State Opera in Pretoria, the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, the Washington Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Nuremberg State Theatre, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Vienna Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera.

At Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz he made his debut in 2004 with »Gräfin Mariza«. 2012–2015 he has been linked with the theatre as set director and has been in charge here for the sets of »Im weißen Rössl«, »Peter und der Wolf«, »Der Bettelstudent«, »Die Zirkusprinzessin«, »Gefährliche Liebschaften«, »Dr. Faust jr.«, »A Little Night Music«, »Liliom«, »Jesus Christ Superstar«, »Die lustige Witwe«, »My Fair Lady«, »Drei Männer im Schnee« (awarded with the »Deutsche Musical Theater Preis 2019«) and others.

He made his debut at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in 2004 with »Gräfin Mariza«, from 2012‒2015 he was associated with the theatre as head of set design and was responsible for the sets and costumes of »Im weißen Rössl«, »Peter and the Wolf«, »Der Bettelstudent«, »The Medium«, »Rockin’ Rosie«, »The Old Maid and the Thief« and »Le docteur Miracle« as well as for the sets of »Die Zirkusprinzessin«, »Berlin 1920«, »Gefährliche Liebschaften«, »A Little Night Music«, »Candide«, »Liliom«, »Jesus Christ Superstar«, »Die lustige Witwe«, »My Fair Lady«, »Drei Männer im Schnee« (awarded the »Deutscher Musical Theater Preis 2019« in the »Best Stage« category), »Schuberts Reise nach Atzenbrugg«, »Les Misérables« and »La Cage aux Folles« among others.