Thomas Hase's Life in Lighting

Hase was Lighting Designer at Giessen State Theater (Stadttheater Giessen) Hase was Lighting Designer for open-air ballet called The Shadow of Gobustan in front of Gobustan Mountains in Azerbaijan Hase mentions that stage lights range from 750-5000W Hase pioneered programmable moving lights in opera Each light uses a 20A circuit (household breaker boxes use 15-20A) History & literature degrees; Masters in Aesthetics (from the Institute of Theater & Design in Cologne, Germany) King Louis Tosca La Boheme A Doll’s House at the Abbey Theater in Dublin A gobo is a dark plate or screen used to shield a lens from light. Bonn, Germany Fulbright Grant Die Meistersinger Cologne State Theater Opera Cologne Meredith Monk World Premiere of Waiting for the Barbarians by Philip Glass Erfort, Germany Tony Award-winning Company at Playhouse in the Park in Cincinnati Frida Triumphant march in Aida The Demon (opera) in Barcelona 1,200 lighting units for Cincinnati Opera’s 2018 season, avg. 800-900 lights/season Giessen State Theater Single-source lighting Lighting cues Moving lights Wash lights CAD = Computer-aided design/drafting software LED = light-emitting diode Tungsten lights HID (high-intensity discharge) lamps are used in moving lights Aronoff Center for the Arts The Magic Flute Hase wants to work on The Rake’s Progress and Wozzeck again, as well as The Flying Dutchman La Boheme at San Francisco Opera Ice (opera based on the Lundberg novel) Cincinnati Opera Brat Fry: invented by Hase; Miesfeld’s brats flown in from Sheboygan, Wisconsin for staff, cast, and crew Gary Kidney (technical director) In the Garden of the Beast Sherlock The Bridge NextFlight app Arnold’s Bar (Cincinnati) Frank Rich Hase mentioned Gilbert Hemsley and Hans Tolstead as two of his mentors