Clarisse Maylunas
STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGNER for
Opera and theater
Ballet
Exhibitions
Interior design
Accolades
2020 Design Excellence Awards
2019 Sustainable Design Leadership
2018 Inteior Design Awards
2016 Innovation in Accessibility
2014 Dwell Magazine Interior Designer of the Year
Clarisse Maylunas
designer in opera & theater
stage & costume
theater musicals
opera
ballet
exhibitions
interior designCM is a stage, costume and exhibition designer based in Vienna.
The many debut performances of lyrical opera - where she collaborated with contemporary composers such as Otto M. Zykan, H. K. Gruber, Giorgio Battistelli, Kurt Schwertsik, Christian Muthspiel, Gerd Kühr, Gottfried von Einem, D. Kaufmann - certainly comprise a principal part of her work.
Nevertheless, she also creates costumes for classical opera and ballet.
Her "Giselle" has been performed at the Vienna Opera for over 20 years and is still staged to this day. She has also collaborated with many contemporary choreographers, such as Elio Gervasi , Ismael Ivo, Liz King etc...
She has continuously worked with the Vienna Ensemble under Karl Welunschek, staging comedies by Nestroy, Labiche and dramas by Fontane, Shakespeare etc...
Drama work also includes contemporary literature, as seen in a series of plays by Thomas Bernhard in Frankfurt, "The Birds" by G . Jonke and "That face" by Polly Stenham.
Moreover, she has created costumes for musicals like "The Cabaret", "Guys and Dolls" and recreated the Vienna production of "The Beauty and the Beast" well as the Vienna and Amsterdam productions of "Les Miserables".
Exhibitions include "Musica Femina" - a display focusing on female composers, exposed at the Imperial Palace of Schönbrunn (Vienna) and later in Bregenz, as well as an exhibition about D’Annunzio, which travelled all over Italy.
She has created interior designs for Castle Sayn–Wittgenstein on the Rhine, a hotel in Isola Farnese near Rome as well as for several flats.
Clarisse Maylunas has lectured history and scenic realisation of costume at the renowned Max Reinhardt-Seminar- University of Music and performing arts of Vienna- for the last 10 years.
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2010-2020 lecturer
history of costume and scenic realisation of costume
at the Max Reinhardt-Seminar, University of Vienna
2019 "MUSICA FEMINA"
exhibition concept and design, sculptures
scientific concept and performances: Irene Suchy
Bildraum Bregenz
2018 "MUSICA FEMINA"
exhibition concept and design, sculptures
scientific concept and performances: Irene Suchy
Schönbrunn Palace Orangerie
2016 CLARISSE MAYLUNAS AND KATHARINA PRANTL
personal exhibition
Retz, Lower Austria
2015 "JEWELLERY IN THE SALON"
exhibition design
curator: Fritz Mayerhofer
public relations: Irene Suchy
2014 "DODECAPHONIA DEI COLORI"
exhibition personal retrospective
Rome, Forum Austriaco di Cultura
2014 “DER ZORN DER ELEONORE BATTHYANY“
costumes
director: Karl Baratta
Winterpalais of Prince Eugene of Savoya, Vienna
2012 “AMOR AND PSYCHE” - H.v. Hoffmannsthal
stage, costumes
director: David Penn
Festival in castle Neubeuern, Germany
2010 "THAT FACE" - Polly Stenham
costumes
director: David Penn
stage: Paul Lerchbaumer
Bregenz Landestheater
2010 "HÄNSEL UND GRETEL" - Humperdinck
costumes
director: Didier v. Orlowsky
stage: Hans Hoffer
Vienna, Theatre of Schönbrunn Palace
2009 "Am Wörthersee"
costumes
conceived by Karl Welunschek
director: Gerhard Fresacher
music: Karen Asatrian
Steinhaus by Guenther Domenig
2008 "Don Giovanni" - Mozart
costumes
director: Julian Poelsler
stage: Hans Kudlich
Opera Klosterneuburg
2006-2009 "3 apartments"
interior design
Vienna
2006 "Isola Farnese Hotel"
interior design
architect: Gaetano Sersale
Rome
2004 "Die unbekannte Insel" - Jose Saramago, Opera
costumes
composer: Christian Muthspiel
director & Stage: Hans Hoffer
Steirischer Herbst Festival
2003 "Frau Frankenstein", Opera
director, stage and costumes
composer: G. Battistelli
Rovereto MART & Barga Festival
2003 "Frankenstein", Opera
director, stage and costumes
composer: H. K. Gruber
Rovereto MART & Barga Festival
2002 "La Cenerentola" - Rossini
costumes
director: Rennie Wright
stage: Stephan Morgenstern
Klagenfurt
2002 "Ground Zero", Opera by 10 composers
costumes
stage and director: Hans Hoffer
Steirischer Herbst Festival
2001 "D'Annunzio's Secret Chambers"
exhibition design with Alessandra de Vito Pisciscelli
Rome, L'Aquila, Catania, etc...
2001 "Aglaia Federweiss", Opera
costumes
composer: Gert Kuehr
director & stage: Hans Hoffer
Steirischer Herbst Festival
2000-2002 "Castle Sayn-Wittgenstein"
interior design with Nina zu Fürstenberg
near Koblenz, Germany
2000 "Vor dem Ruhestand", Theater, Thomas Bernhard
costumes
director: P. Eschberg
stage: Hans Hoffer
Schauspiel Frankfurt
2000 "Die Vögel", Theater, Aristophanes / Gert Jonke
costumes
director: E. Binder
stage: L. Czernowatis
Klagenfurt, Schwerin, Berlin
1999 "Der Zerissene", Opera
costumes
composer: Gottfried von Einem / Nestroy
director: Karl Welunschek
stage: Susanne Thaler
Vienna State Opera & Volksoper co-production
1999 "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh" – Thomas Bernhard
costumes
director: Peter Eschberg
stage: Hans Hoffer
Schauspiel Frankfurt
1998 "Theo" by Tini Czermak
stage and costumes
director: T. Czermak
Berlin, Vienna, Bruxelles
1998 "Effi Briest" – Theodor Fontane
costumes
director: Karl Welunschek
Berlin, Vienna etc...
1997 "Die Welt der Mongolen" – Opera
costumes
composer: Kurt Schwertsik
writer: Michael Köhlmaier
director & stage: Hans Hoffer
Linz Operahouse
1997 "Häuptling Abendwind" & "Frühere Verhältnisse" - Johann N. Nestroy
costumes
director: Karl Welunscek
Vienna Metropol
1997 "Guys and Dolls" – Frank Loesser
costumes
director: Karl Welunschek
stage: Georg Resetschnig Vienna Metropol
1996 "Imperial and Royal Court Suppliers"
exhibition
assistant to Hans Hoffer, exhibition design & object research
Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna
1996 "Prix Martin" - E. Labiche
costumes
director: Karl Welunschek
Vienna Rabenhof
1995 "Heldenplatz" - Thomas Bernhard
costumes
director: P. Eschberg
stage: Hans Hoffer
Schauspiel Frankfurt
1995 "The Beauty and the Beast" - Disney Production
realisation, costumes
Vienna, Theater an der Wien
1995 "Cabaret" - Kander/Ebb
costumes
director: Bernd Palma
Klagenfurt, Vienna
1994 "Lumpazivagabundus" - Johann N. Nestroy
costumes
director: Karl Welunschek
Klagenfurt
1994 "Midsummer Night's Dream" - Shakespeare
stage and costumes
director: Marcelo Diaz
Munich, Vienna
1993 "Giselle" - A. Adam
costumes
choreography: Elena Tschernischova
stage: Ingolf Bruhn Vienna State Opera...
production still in repertoire
1993 "Aus dem Leben Hödlmosers" -Reinhard P. Gruber
costumes
director: Karl Welunschek
Vienna Rabenhof
1992 "Der Färber und sein Zwillingsbruder" - Johann N. Nestroy
costumes
director: Karl Welunschek
Vienna Ensemble - Vienna Rabenhof
1991 "Les Miserables" - Claude M. Schönberg / Victor Hugo costumes
realisation, costumes
Amsterdam, Theatre Le Carré
1990 "Auszählreim" - Opera
realisation, costumes with Gera Graf
composer and director: Otto M. Zykan
stage: Hans Hoffer
Graz Opera
1990 "Die Wiederholung Gehen" - Gerhard Ulbrich
stage
stage director: Kitty Kino
costumes: Gera Graf
Vienna Künstlerhaus
1990 "Wahre Liebe" Film
costumes together with Gera Graf
director: Kitty Kino
1989 "Les Miserables" - C. M. Schönberg
realisation, costumes
Vienna, Theater an der Wien
1989 "100 Years of Socialism"
exhibition - textile objects, assistant toe xhibition design
H. Hoffer - exhibition design
Vienna, Gasometer
1989 "Sunny Side Up"
stage and costumes
director: Patrice Bigel
choreography: Walter Bartoussek
Vienna, Paris, Avignon
1989 "Bianco e Nero" - Elio Gervasi
stage and costumes
choreography: Elio Gervasi
Vienna, Graz
1988 "Die Reise ins Paradies" - R. Musil, Opera
stage and costumes
composer: Dieter Kaufmann
director: Vintila Ivancanu
Klagenfurt, Corinthian Summer Festival
1988 "Hamletmaschine" - Heiner Müller
costumes
director: Josef Szeiler
stage: Hans Hoffer
Vienna Semper Depot
1988 "Movement"
danced choreography: Sebastian Prantl
Vienna, Imperial Palace
1987-1988 Dancer in New York with Jose Limon Company and Movement Research Group
1987 "Gaia"
costumes and dance choreography: Sebastian Prantl
Vienna
1987 "Spazio sei"
stage and costumes
choreography: Elio Gervasi
Vienna, Künstlerhaus
1986 "Pour Elise" – Otto M. Zykan
costumes, choreography and dance
design: GANGART
music: Otto M. Zykan
film, TV production
1984-1986 "Falso Movimento I, II, III, IV"
stage, costumes and danced choreography: Elio Gervasi
Vienna, Künstlerhaus and Academy of Fine Arts
1984 "Aquadi Marmo"
stage, costumes and danced music: Hubert von Goisern
choreography: Elio Gervasi
Vienna, Graz, Venice
1983 "C.W.Flex"
costumes and danced music: Alexander Czjzek
choreography: Peter Wissmann
Vienna, Serapions Theater
1983 "Artaud, Artaud"
costumes
choreography: Ismael Ivo
Vienna, Serapions Theater
1982 "Mothers Children Lovers People"
costumes and danced music: Mayako Kubo
choreography: Liz King
Vienna, Künstlerhaus
1982 "Sallede Bal"
costumes, choreography and danced
GANGART production
Sal de Bal of Palais Clam Gallas, Vienna
early career and training
1977-1982
Studied Archeology at Vienna University and Paris Sorbonne
1980-1983
Member of Excavation Team, Ephesos, Turkey
1981-1986
Studied Stage Design at Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
1986
Graduated with MA Degree with Prof. Wonder
1974-1988
Trained and performed as Dancer in Paris, Vienna and New York
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