Annemarie Woods

Awards

2011 - Winner of the Ring Award Graz (with dir. Sam Brown)

2011 - Winner of the Prize of the City of Graz

2011 - Winner of European Opera Prize (with dir. Sam Brown)

2003 - Winner of the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Design for Bro 9

Nominations

2022 - International Opera Awards, The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO shortlisted in the New Production category

2017 - Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best Costume Design for Radamisto at Northern Ireland Opera

2016 - International Opera Award for Best Designer

2015 - Austria Music Theater Prize for Best Design for La Favorite at Graz Oper  


Annemarie is a set and costume designer for theatre, opera, and film. In October and November 2013, she was commisioned by Hermes to design a series of windows for their UK stores.


Madama Butterfly - Zürich Opera
Annemarie Wood’s... overwhelmingly beautiful costumes
— Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Christian Wildhagen
Madama Butterfly - Zürich Opera
Michael Levine’s luminous sets, Annemarie Woods’s glorious costumes and Franck Evin’s masterly lighting all enhanced a production that offered proof that a “traditional” approach need not lack excitement, credibility and passion
— Opera News - Martin Wheeler
Radamisto- Everyman Theatre
Opening with a striking fantasy tableau set against sparse black and white projected image of a cave, Annemarie Wood’s designs are visually stunning. The lavish costumes are a melange of Renaissance and Elizabethan styles with lots of faux metal.
— ★★★★ Irish examiner - Cathy Desmond

Gallery


2024

Production

Company

The Adventures of Mr Broucek Janáček Theatre Brno, Dir. Robert Carson
Trouble in Tahiti & A Quiet Place Royal Ballet & Opera, Dir. Oliver Mears
Coriolanus National Theatre, Dir. Lyndsey Turner, Sound Des. Tom Gibbons, Costume Des. Annemarie Woods
Rigoletto Welsh National Opera, Dir. Adele Thomas
Orfeo Zurich Operahaus, Dir. Evgeny Titov
La Gioconda Osterfestspiele Salzburg
Polifemo Opera National du Rhin, Dir. Emmanuelle Haim

2023

Production

Company

Le Nozze di Figaro Bayerische Staatsoper, Dir. Evgeny Titov
Il Trovatore Royal Opera House, Dir. Adele Thomas, Des. Annemarie Woods
Roméo et Juliette Zurich Opera House, Dir. Ted Huffman, Costume Des. Annemarie Woods
Semele Glyndebourne, Dir. Adele Thomas, Set Des. Annemarie Woods

2022

Production

Company

The Rape of Lucretia Royal Opera House & Snape Maltings, Dir. Oliver Mears, Lighting Des. D.M. Wood
Aida Royal Opera House, Dir. Robert Carsen, Costume Des. Annemarie Woods
Coppélia Scottish Ballet, Chor. Jess and Morgs
The Handmaid's Tale ENO, Dir. Annilese Miskimmon
Billy Budd (Revival) Finnish National Opera, Dir. Annilese Miskimmon, Associate Dir. PJ Harris
Girl with a Pearl Earring Zürich Opera, Dir. Ted Huffman, Set Des. Andrew Lieberman
Don Quixote Royal Danish Ballet, Chor. Nikolaj Hübbe

2021

Production

Company

Don Giovanni (Revival) Göteborgs Operan (Sweden), Dir. John Fulljames
Il trovatore Zürich Opera, Dir. Adele Thomas
The Lighthouse Irish National Opera, Dir. Edwina Casey

2020

Production

Company

A Midsummer Night's Dream Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dir. Ted Huffman, Lighting Des. D.M. Wood
Madam Butterfly (Revival) Opera Philadelphia, Dir. Ted Huffman, Lighting Des. D.M. Wood
Don Giovanni Greek National Opera, Dir. John Fulljames
Destiny BRNO Opea, Dir. Robert Carsen

2019

Production

Company

Billy Budd Den Norske Opera and Ballet (Oslo), Dir. Annilese Miskimmon
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Opera Orchestre National Montpellier, Dir. Ted Huffman, Lighting Des. D.M. Wood
Cavalleria rusticana | I Pagliacci Dutch National Opera, Dir. Robert Carsen
Madama Butterfly Opera Orchestre National Montpellier, Dir. Ted Huffman
La traviata Komische Opera Berlin, Dir. Nicola Raab

2018

Production

Company

Fledermaus Wermland Opera, Dir. Sam Brown
Eugene Onegin Scottish Opera, Dir. Oliver Mears, Chor. Ashley Page
Pity Royal Court Theatre, Dir. Sam Pritchard, Set Des. Chloe Lamford, Prosthetic & Wig Des. Susanna Peretz
Sweeney Todd Zürich Opera, Dir. David Charles Abell, Des. Michael Levine
Salome Opera Koln, Dir. Ted Huffman
L'elisir d'amore Oslo Opera House, Dir. Oliver Mears

2017

Production

Company

Radamisto Northern Ireland Opera, Dir. Wayne Jordan
Madam Butterfly Zürich Opera, Dir. Ted Huffman, Set Des. Michael Levine
Rinaldo Oper Frankfurt, Dir. Ted Huffman

2016

Production

Company

L'Elisir d'Amore Neville Holt, Dir. Oliver Mears
Salome Landestheater Linz, Dir. Marc Adam
L'heure espagnole and Gianni Schicchi Opéra national de Lorraine, Dir. Bruno Ravella, Lighting Des. D.M. Wood
Don Giovanni Northern Ireland Opera, Dir. Oliver Mears
Turn of the Screw (Revival) Northern Ireland Opera, Dir. Oliver Mears
Macbeth Welsh National Opera, Dir. Oliver Mears

2015

Production

Company

Agrippina Irish Youth Opera at Lime Tree Limerick, Dir. Oliver Mears
Salome Northern Ireland Opera, Dir. Oliver Mears
My Fair Lady Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Dir. Sam Brown, Chor. Lucy Burge
Don Giovanni Bergen Nasjonale Opera, Dir. Oliver Mears

2014

Production

Company

Hair Staadtstheater Darmstadt, Dir. Sam Brown, Chor. Ashley Page
Turn of the Screw Nevill Holt Opera / NI Opera Tour, Dir. Oliver Mears
Alice Croation National Theatre, Chor. Ashley Page, Des. Antony McDonald
La favorite Oper Graz, Dir. Sam Brown, Chor. Lucy Burge
Macbeth Northern Ireland Opera, Dir. Oliver Mears