Opera’s new look: how a mobile set in Basel captures emotion – and attention
![Yovanovitch says: 'I conceived [the design] as a stripped-down set so that the characters' souls, in disinheritance, can take up as much place as they need.' - Matthias Baus](https://d1tm14lrsghf7q.cloudfront.net/public/media/105913/conversions/©-Matthias-Baus_Rigoletto_0007-thumb.jpg)
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Theaterstrasse 7, 4010 Basel, Switzerland
Pierre Yovanovitch designed a bold, dynamic set for Theater Basel’s production of the Giuseppe Verdi opera Rigoletto.
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