Buki Shiff () is an Israeli opera and theatre costume and set designer.
Buki Shiff was born in
Tel Aviv
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, Israel.
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In 2008, she made her debut with
The Royal Opera
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, designing costumes for ''
La Calisto
''La Calisto'' is an Italian opera by Francesco Cavalli from a libretto by Giovanni Faustini based on the mythological story of Callisto (mythology), Callisto.
The opera received its first performance on 28 November 1651 at the Teatro Sant'Apol ...
'', directed by
David Alden
David Alden (born 1949 in New York City) is a prolific theater and film director known for his post-modernist settings of opera. He is the twin brother of Christopher Alden, also an opera director in the revisionist mold. The two brothers have cov ...
.
Shiff won Best Costume Designer at the 2013
International Opera Awards
The International Opera Awards is an annual awards ceremony honouring excellence in opera around the world.
Origins
The International Opera Awards was founded in 2013 by Harry Hyman, a UK businessman, philanthropist and supporter of opera, and ...
, Best Stage and Costume Designer at the 2006
Israeli Theater Awards, and the 2008
Rosenblum Award for Artist of the Year.
Shiff is based in Tel Aviv.
References
External links
Living people
Israeli designers
Costume designers
Designers from Tel Aviv
Year of birth missing (living people)
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