Production

Anna R. Oliver
Costume Designer

Anna Oliver makes her Opera San José debut as costume designer during the 2007 - 2008 season for The Magic Flute. Previous design credits for Ms. Oliver include Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Houston Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Pacific and Kansas Opera; Il Viaggio A Reims for Canadian Opera Company and New York City Opera; Turandot for Houston Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Dallas Opera, Portland Opera and others; Hansel and Gretal for New York City Opera and Los Angeles Opera; and Norma for San Francisco Opera, Opera Colarado and Canadian Opera Company, to name just a few.

For theater, Ms. Oliver's designs have appeared in Man and Superman, Nicholas Nickleby, The Taming of the Shrew (California Shakespeare); Misalliance and As You Like It (The Globe); Iphigenia at Aulis and Major Barbara (San Jose Repertory) and The Constant Wife (American Conservatory Theatre) as well as many other theater productions within the United States and Europe.

Ms. Oliver was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award in 2006 for Best Costume Design for her work in Don Juan (Shakespeare Theatre). She received her BFA in Drawing from the California College of Arts and Crafts, and her MFA in Theatre Design from Yale School of Drama.