Peter Van Praet


Peter Van Praet makes his COC debut with this production. He began his career as the manager of the technical lighting department of Flemish Opera in Belgium. Mr. Van Praet has worked as the lighting designer on many productions by Robert Carsen, including Jenůfa, The Cunning Little Vixen, Kát’a Kabanová and Richard III at Flemish Opera; Rusalka and Capriccio in Paris; Fidelio in Amsterdam and Florence; Les Boréades in Paris and New York; Tosca at Gran Teatre del Liceu; Der Rosenkavalier in Salzburg; La Traviata at La Fenice; Elektra in Tokyo; A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Barcelona; and, Iphigénie en Tauride at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Credits with director Pierre Audi include Les Troyens, Alcina and Zoroastre. Recent projects include Grand Macabre in Buenos Aires with La Fura dels Baus, Orlando Furioso at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées with Pierre Audi and The Makropulos Case with Robert Carsen at Opera national du Rhin. Future plans include Rinaldo and The Turn of the Screw with Robert Carsen, Oedipe with La Fura dels Baus and Iphigenia in Tauris at the COC.