Alfred Mayerhofer
Komische Oper Berlin -Mokka hits and milk bar dreams
Alfred Mayerhofer's costumes […] are truly taken to the extreme, very flamboyant, quite captivating; this is a great strength […] of the evening.
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (June 15, 2026)Vienna State Opera - Tannhäuser
The director receives strong support in her portrayal of the two opposing worlds from the stage and video design by Momme Hinrichs and the costumes by Alfred Mayerhofer.
bachtrack.com (May 27, 2025)Stage - Alfred Mayerhofer: The Clothing King
Since the mid-1990s, he has designed countless costumes, contributing to the success of numerous productions. Theater, opera, ballet, and film are his specialties; he has no reservations about specific genres or preferences.
Stage, Klaus Peter Vollmann (18.12.2024)Season 25/26 and Highlights
VIENNA STATE OPERA
Smetana - The Bartered Bride
PREMIERE Sep 28
KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN
Penderbayne - Konrad
PREMIERE Oct 12
VIENNA PEOPLE'S VOLKSOPER
Ranisch/ Eisenreich - Cinderella's Dream
PREMIERE Nov 29
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GRAZ OPERA
Kats-Chernin - Snow White
PREMIERE Nov 29
GRAZ THEATRE
Nestroy - Earlier Relationships
PREMIERE Mar 20
STATE THEATRE DARMSTADT
Monteverdi - The Incarnation of Poppea
PREMIERE Apr 18
LEIPZIG OPERA
Lortzing - Regina
PREMIERE Apr 25
UNITED STAGES BOLZANO
Benatzky - In the White Horse Inn
PREMIERE May 16
STATE THEATRE AT GÄRTNERPLATZ
Verdi - La traviata
PREMIERE May 22
SEMPEROPER DRESDEN
Rota - The Florentine Hat
PREMIERE May 31
KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN
Mocha Hits and Milk Bear Dreams
PREMIERE June 14
Biography
The award-winning Austrian costume designer Alfred Mayerhofer has been working internationally in the fields of opera, theater, ballet, film and television since 1992.
The 2025/26 season will see him opening at the Vienna State Opera (The Bartered Bride), with further engagements including the Komische Oper Berlin (Konrad, Mokka-Hits und Milchbar-Träume), the Vienna Volksoper (Aschenbrödels Traum, Ronja Räubertochter), as well as the Graz Opera (Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs), the Staatstheater Darmstadt (L’incoronazione di Poppea), the Leipzig Opera (Regina), and the Gärtnerplatztheater Munich (La Traviata).
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Alfred Mayerhofer's work is characterized by stylistic diversity and narrative precision. He is well known to a broad television audience for the television series Kafka, for which he was awarded the DAfNE Prize in February 2025 for best costume design.
Successful productions from past seasons include the world premiere of Alma at the Volksoper Wien (Director: Ruth Brauer-Kvam), Intermezzo at the Semperoper Dresden (Director: Axel Ranisch), Carmen and La Cage aux Folles (Director: Josef Köpplinger), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Im weißen Rössl and Tannhäuser (Director: Lydia Steier) at the Vienna State Opera. The Magic Flute (Director: Josef J. Köpplinger) and Der Vogelhändler (Director: Bernd Mottl) at the Gärtnerplatztheater Munich, at the Komische Oper Berlin: Nils Holgersson (Director: Ruth Brauer Kvam) and Messeschlager Gisela (Director: Axel Ranisch), as well as The Merry Widow (Director: Bernd Mottl) for the Cologne Opera.
His artistic signature has been seen on numerous renowned stages, including: Vienna State Opera: Danton's Death, Lohengrin (Barrie Kosky). Sydney Opera House: Poppea. Opéra National de Lyon: Rigoletto. Komische Oper Berlin: Saul, Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, Kiss Me Kate, Iphigenia in Tauris. Hamburg State Opera: Il Trittico. Hanover State Opera: The Young Lord, Werther. Gran Teatre del Liceu: The Barber of Seville. Semperoper Dresden: The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Stuttgart State Opera: Hansel and Gretel.Gärtnerplatztheater Munich: The Rake's Progress, Duchess of Gerolstein, Werther, Mata Hari, Candide, La Bohème, Victoria and her Hussar, Dangerous Liaisons. Staatstheater Nürnberg: Wozzeck, The Ring of the Nibelung.Aalto-Musiktheater Essen: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Tristan and Isolde, The FlyingDutchman.Theater in der Josefstadt Vienna: The Parisian Woman, The Journey of the Lost, Jägerstätter.
He has enjoyed a close working relationship with Lydia Steier since 2013, including The Emperor's New Clothes (Komische Oper Berlin), Iolanta – Oedipus Rex (Oper Frankfurt), La Juive, Le nozze di Figaro (Staatsoper Hannover).
Costume designs for films: Ich und die Anderen (TV series), M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (TV series), Altes Geld (TV series), Braunschlag (TV series), Murer - Anatomy of a Trial (cinema film).
Awards for “Best Costume Design”: Dangerous Liaisons (German Musical Theater Prize 2015), Murer - Anatomy of a Trial (Austrian Film Prize 2019), The Journey of the Lost (International Theater Festival Rijeka 2019).
2025/26
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