Stefan Hageneier

Stefan Hageneier was born in 1972 in Oberammergau. Jürgen Rose employed the trained wood sculptor as his assistent in 1991 at the Munich Kammerspiele. From 1996, Hageneier worked as a freelance stage and costume designer. This was followed by collaborations with directors including Robert Wilson (Time Rocker by Lou Reed at the Thalia Theater Hamburg), Prometeo; Tragedia dell'ascolto by Luigi Nono/Massimo Cacciari in 1998; Opéra de la Monnaie in Brussels; and the 'Steel Velvet' art installation at Villa Stuck Munich in 1998). Their collaborative art installation, 14 Stations, explored the Stations of the Cross for the Oberammergau Passion Plays. Under the directorship of Dieter Dorn at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, Hageneier was engaged as a permanent stage and costume designer from 2001 to 2010. He has also worked at numerous German-speaking theatres, including the Munich Kammerspiele, Schaubühne Berlin, the Berliner Ensemble, the Burgtheater in Vienna, Schauspielhaus Wien, Schauspiel Bonn, Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, Staatstheater Hannover, Schauspielhaus Zürich. Other engagements include the state operas of Munich, Hamburg and Dortmund.