Costume Designer

Jean-Jacques Delmotte

Rigoletto

Biography

Jean-Jacques Delmotte designs costumes for both theatre and opera, his work taking him to all the world’s leading houses. Born in Paris, he studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and fashion at École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. He worked initially designing costumes for theatre and contemporary dance, subsequently expanding into opera. New productions in 2024–25 include Verdi’s Macbeth for TOBS Stadttheater Biel with Yves Lenoir. Recent projects include Donizetti’s Don Pasquale for Opéra national de Lorraine with Timothy Sheader, and Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt for Korea National Opera with Julien Chavaz. Other recent work with Lenoir includes Verdi’s Nabucco and Bellini’sI Capuleti ed i Montecchi (TOBS Stadttheater Biel), Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco (TOBS Stadttheater Biel/Opéra de Tours) and Janáček’s Jenůfa (Opéra de Dijon). Delmotte enjoys a close collaboration with director Laurent Pelly, co-designing costumes for a large catalogue of new productions. Their recent work together includes Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Teatro Real Madrid and Royal Danish Opera (Copenhagen), Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia at Teatro Real Madrid and Opéra de Lyon, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at La Monnaie/De Munt (Brussels), Offenbach’s La Périchole at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris), Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Opéra de Lille and Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine/Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Glyndebourne. In addition, Delmotte has designed costumes for Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes (director Laura Scozzi), for Mozart’s Idomeneo (director Christoph Gayral), and for Molière’s Le Misanthrope at La Cigale, Paris.

November 2024