Riccardo Hernández

Biography

Hernández has designed over 250 productions at most leading regional theaters across the United States and internationally, including multiple collaborations with Arthur Nauzyciel: Mes Frères, La Dame aux Camélias, La Mouette, Jan Karski, Mon Nom Est Fiction (both for Avignon Festival), Empire of Lights, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Abigail’s Party, Julius Caesar and others.

Collaborations with George C. Wolfe, Julie Taymor, Robert Woodruff, Janos Szasz, Stephen Soderbergh, Ethan Cohen, etc.

Opera: Philip Glass’ Appomatox (San Francisco Opera); Carmen, Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera); La Traviata (Canadian Opera Company); Amistad (Lyric Opera of Chicago)

Selected Broadway Productions: Jagged Little Pill (Tony Award Nomination); Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Indecent; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess; Caroline, or Change (also Royal National Theatre London); TopDog/UnderDog; Elaine Stritch at Liberty (also West End’s Old Vic); Parade (Tony Award Nomination – directed by Hal Prince); Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk; The Tempest. Festival Automne Paris, La Colline-Theatre National Paris, Cour D’Honneur, Palais des Papes – Avignon Festival, Theatre du Chatelet, Teatro Real Madrid, MXAT (Moscow Art Theater), Theater an der Wien, Abbey Theatre Dublin, Oslo National Theater, Young Vic, etc.

Co-Chair and Associate Professor at Yale School of Drama.