Shiwa Shiwa

Kengo Kuma and AssociatesCampania, Italy2024

We designed the scenography for Giuseppe Verdi's opera “Simon Boccanegra” at the Teatro di San Carl in Naples, the world's oldest opera house (opened 1737). We set the stage with undulating swaths of fabric hung from above. This flowing material captures the atmosphere of the sea of Genoa where the story unfolds, the changing emotions of the characters, and the movement of light on the stage itself.The cloth set is composed of special fabric with countless holes made of recycled polyester de

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