Momme Hinrichs
Vienna State Opera - Tannhäuser
All the more astonishing, then, is the solution that Steier presents at the end of the opera. The director receives strong support in her portrayal of the two opposing worlds through the stage and video design by Momme Hinrichs and the costumes by Alfred Mayerhofer.
bachtrack.com (May 27, 2025)
St. Margarethen Quarry - The Flying Dutchman
A dramatic sea world, in the middle of this mighty quarry, thousands of kilometers from the North Sea: that in itself is a scenic masterpiece (stage design: Momme Hinrichs).
concerti.de (July 10, 2025)Season 25/26 and Highlights
STAGE BADEN
Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
PREMIERE Oct 3
STATE OPERA UNTER DEN LINDEN
Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann
PREMIERE Nov 16
STAGES BERN
Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar
PREMIERE Mar 21
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DEUTSCHE OPER AM RHEIN
Bernstein - On the town
PREMIERE April 25Graz Opera
Strauss - DER ROSENKAVALIER
PREMIERE MAY 9
Biography
Momme Hinrichs is a co-founder of the artist duo fettFilm and is one of the defining visual artists of contemporary music theater. His works combine projection, space and music to create impressive, atmospheric stage worlds and have been seen in Paris, Vienna, Dresden, Geneva, Salzburg, Bayreuth and Bregenz, among other places.
In the 2025/26 season, stage and video artist Momme Hinrichs will create, among other things, Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the BERLIN STATE OPERA and On the Town at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Further work has taken him to the Graz Opera ( Der Rosenkavalier ), the Aalto Music Theatre Essen ( Die verzauberte Stadt ), and the Bern Theatre ( Jesus Christ Superstar ).
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In the 2024/25 season, Momme Hinrichs was already present with several major new productions: He opened the season at the Semperoper Dresden with Mefistofele (directed by Eva-Maria Höckmayr), followed by Der Freischütz at the Staatstheater Cottbus, Tannhäuser at the Vienna State Opera and The Flying Dutchman at the opera festival in the St. Margarethen quarry.
He was also widely represented in the 2023/24 season, including Don Carlos at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, The Magic Flute at the Gärtnerplatztheater Munich, Candide at the Theater an der Wien (all directed by Lydia Steier and Josef E. Köpplinger), and Jesus Christ Superstar at the Staatstheater Nürnberg (directed by Andreas Gergen). Further highlights of this season included Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Baden-Baden Easter Festival and Salome at the Opéra de Paris—both directed by Lydia Steier.
Since the early 2000s, Hinrichs has significantly shaped the development of an immersive visual language on the opera stage as a video designer and scenographer. Together with fettFilm, he established video art as an independent form of expression in music theater. Since 2007, he has continuously expanded his activities as a stage designer and director.
His work has taken him to many important houses and festivals, including the Vienna State Opera, the Opéra de Paris, the Semperoper Dresden , the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Theater an der Wien, as well as the festivals in Salzburg, Bayreuth, Bregenz, and Baden-Baden. International engagements have also taken him to North America, China, India, and the Middle East.
For his stage and video design of The Flying Dutchman at the Donbass Opera Donetsk, he and fettFilm were awarded the Taras Shevchenko Prize in 2012, the highest cultural award in Ukraine.
2025/26
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