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until nov 23rd

future projects include:
 european baroque song contest | theater schaffhausen | 2026 photo: mediawerk gmbh best of spotlight gala 2026 | fulda | 2026 photo: spotlight der allmächtige handkäs | fulda | 2026 photo: spotlight grease | thuner seespiele | 2026 photo: thuner seespiele elskovsdrikken | opera ostfold, halden | 2025 photo: stein johnsen a chorus line | bad hersfelder festspiele | 2024 + 2025 photo: stephen sennewald frida & frida | friedrichstadtpalast, berlin | 2024 photo: friedrichstadtpalast bonifatius | domplatz fulda | 2019 + 2024 photo: spotlight musicals jesus christ superstar | bad hersfelder festspiele | 2023 photo: steffen sennewald the flying dutchman | opera ostfold, halden | 2022 photo: stein johnsen io senza te | thunerseespiele | 2022 photo: thunerseespiele oh läck du mir | theater 11, zürich | 2022 photo: christian knecht ruffen og den flyvende hollender | fredriksten operafestival, halden | 2021 photo: stein johnsen the woman in black | the english theatre hamburg | 2019 photo: the english theatre/stefan kock il trovatore | opera ostfold | halden | 2019 photo: stein johnsen die schatzinsel | schlosstheater fulda | 2018 photo: spotlight die päpstin | schlosstheater fulda | 2018/19 photo: spotlight bambi | st. pauli theater hamburg | 2018 photo: G2/baraniak the picture of dorian grey | english theatre, hamburg | 2018 photo: paul glaser/English Theatre la cage aux folles | staatstheater mainz | 2017 photo: andreas j. etter anna göldi – das musical | SIG areal, neuhausen am rhein | 2017 das phantom von opa | st. pauli theater | 2017 photo: G2, baraniak io senza te | theater 11, zürich | 2015/2016 photo: good news / regina jäger der medicus | schlosstheater fulda | 2016/17/18/19 photo: christoph weyers vom fischer und seiner frau | hamburger sprechwerk | 2016 photo: g2, baraniak west side story | wuppertaler bühnen | 2015 photo: uwe stratmann così fan tutte | den jyske opera, aarhus | 2015 photo: kåre viemose eugene onegin | the arctic opera / noso, bodø | 2015 photo: tom antonsen gräfin mariza | theater st. gallen | 2014 les troyens | teatro alla scala, milan 2014 | san francisco opera 2015 photo: marco brescia & rudy amisano katja kabanova | den jyske opera, aarhus | 2013 simon boccanegra | göteborg opera | 2013 gjengangere | kilden, kristiansand | 2012 la cage aux folles | den nationale scene, bergen | 2010/2011 photo: leif gabrielsen don chisciotte | stadschouwburg, amsterdam | 2010 photo: c. + m. baus gotthelf | thuner seespiele | 2011 photo: thuner seespiele flawed | oslo/bergen | 2011 carmen | konijklijke schouwburg, the hague | 2008

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about

Pia Virolainen

Photo: G2 / Baraniak

Pia Virolainen

Pia is a Finnish lighting designer based in Hamburg, Germany.

She has worked in many international houses both as a lighting designer and as an associate, including Teatro alla Scala Milano, Wiener Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, New York City Opera, National Center for the Performing Arts Beijing, Royal Danish Opera, Gothenburg Opera, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, Opera Zuid in the Netherlands, De Koninklijke Schouwburg The Hague, Bilbao Opera, Oper Graz, Bregenz Opera Festival, Komische Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Vereinigte Bühnen Wien and Leipzig Opera.

She has collaborated on several productions with directors Stephen Lawless and Stefan Huber, additionally to productions with Annilese Miskimmon, Lisa Kent, Jetske Mijnssen, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Alan Lucien Øyen, Christopher Tölle, Melissa King and Ivar Tindberg.

Her work as associate lighting designer includes musicals like Mamma Mia (29 European productions), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Oberhausen, Berlin, Moscow and Barcelona) and Mary Poppins (Scheveningen and Melbourne).

Future projects include:
European Baroque Contest, Schaffhausen, May 26 / Spotlight Gala, Fulda, June 26 / Grease, Thun, July 26

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+49 171 404 2939
pia@piadesign.de

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