Basel Switzerland
‘Opera sets are at their most powerful when they reflect the soul of the work, its music, and characters. I want to do the same in my oeuvre,’ Yovanovitch said in a 2021 interview with Kinfolk. An avid operagoer, he calls his Theater Basel set design – commissioned by director Vincent Huguet – the realization of a lifelong dream.
Rigoletto tells the story of a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua, whose world comes crashing down when his innocent daughter Gilda attracts the duke’s attention. Inspired by this tale of vengeance, naivety, and power, Yovanovitch conceived a moveable design scheme comprising three curved walls, one nested within another.
Rigoletto tells the story of a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua, whose world comes crashing down when his innocent daughter Gilda attracts the duke’s attention. Inspired by this tale of vengeance, naivety, and power, Yovanovitch conceived a moveable design scheme comprising three curved walls, one nested within another.
