His work has earned him both national and international recognition as a lighting designer who is known for dynamic designs in opera, new theatrical productions and avant-garde dance. His design for the Tony® Award winning revival of Company on Broadway received critical acclaim.
Hase has worked at many of the major opera houses in the United States including Houston Grand Opera, LA Opera, New York City Opera, BAM Next Wave, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Minnesota Opera, The Dallas Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera. He has also worked extensively at the regional theaters in the United States. Hase’s designs have lit the stages at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Goodspeed Opera House, Chicago Shakespeare, Center Stage Theatre, Alliance Theatre, The Dallas Theater Center, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Maine State Music Theater, Syracuse Stage, and Geva Theatre. As lighting designer with New York’s Ping Chong and Company his work was seen worldwide.
Internationally, Hase has worked at theaters and opera houses throughout Europe, Canada, South America, and Asia, including: The Vienna State Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, The Bavarian State Opera, The Barbican in London, The Abbey Theatre in Ireland, The Finnish, Columbian, Dutch National Operas, Opera North (UK), The Canadian Opera Company, Malmö Opera and The Gothenburg Opera in Sweden, The Luminato Festival, Toronto, Opéra National de Bordeaux and Opera de Marseille, Staatstheater Kassel, Theater Erfurt, The Vancouver Opera, The Singapore Arts Festival, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and Tokyo Metro Arts Center. In 2010, he was on the original design team for the London premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s opera Prima Donna at Sadler’s Wells, which was later produced by New York City Opera and at The Luminato Festival in Toronto. In addition, he was the lighting designer for the world premiere of Riverdance’s Magik Macabre in Dublin as well as the European premiere of The Wiz for Stage Holdings/Stage Entertainment in Holland. As resident lighting designer for Stadttheater Giessen in Germany, Mr. Hase produced over one hundred designs for theater, opera and ballet.
Thomas Hase’s work can been seen in many productions recorded for broadcast and distribution. Recordings of Company on Broadway and The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at LA Opera have been released on DVD. where Mr Hase was both Projection and Lighting Design for the Finnish National Opera is available in live streaming as well as Der Freischütz at the Vienna State Opera.
He recently completed three semesters as an assistant professor in lighting design at the University of Cincinnati College – Conservatory of Music (CCM). Hase celebrates his thirtieth year as well as 120th production for Cincinnati Opera as the resident lighting designer/design advisor and lighting director in 2026.
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