Production

Richard Battle
Costume Designer

Richard Battle designs costumes for Opera San Jose's production of A Masked Ball during the 2005 - 2006 season. Mr. Battle's recent design credits include West Bay Opera's productions of The Threepenny Opera, Don Giovanni, Viva la mamma, La Périchole, Tartuffe (set and costume design), Così fan tutte, The Consul, Tosca, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, La traviata and Die Fledermaus. Other companies Mr. Battle has designed costumes as well as scenery for include San Francisco Ballet (where he is head of the makeup department), Merola Opera, Oakland Ballet, Woodminster Musical Theater, Oakland Ensemble, the American Conservatory Theater and Lorraine Hansberry Theater of San Francisco.

Highly regarded as a makeup artist, Mr. Battle has been on the faculty of Mills College Drama Department since 1972 where he specializes in costumes and makeup. He has taught master classes for the Kryolan Corporation of San Francisco, San Francisco Ballet, Merola Opera Oakland Ballet and the Stanford Drama Department.

Awards and accolades received include Emmy nominations for his makeup design in San Francisco Ballet's televised productions of Songs for Dead Warriors, Cinderella,  and The Tempest, scenic design in The Lamplighters' production of H.M.S. Pinafore, and the Bay Area Critics Award for Sophisticated Ladies, Pirates of Penzance, Pecong, and Savoyards. Mr. Battle is the makeup artist for leading vocal artists Kathleen Battle, James Morris and Dolora Zajick.