Handel's Rodelinda was one the projects for an opera design course. We were encouraged to choose a simple aesthetic "gimmick" that facilitated quick scene changes.

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I was inspired by the glowing undersides of cathedral domes, which was worked into a sort of "oculus" that was set into a matte black ceiling that swiveled up and down in different scenes, creating steep or shallow angles that revealed different amounts of light and detail from the oculus above.