The award-winning costumes of the internationally renowned designer, Peter J. Hall, have graced the likes of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, and Dame Elizabeth Taylor. The resident costume designer for the Dallas Opera has also designed for Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, David Bowie and many other stars. His work has been seen on stage at the Royal Opera House, London; Vienna State Opera; La Scala, Milan; Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg; the Sydney Opera House; the Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera. Mr. Hall has also designed for theater productions at the National Theatre in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Recent career highlights include Stiffelio for Argentina's Teatro Nuovo, Simon Boccanegra at San Francisco Opera, Otello in South Korea and a production of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Franco Zeffirelli in Rome. Peter J. Hall has designed costumes (and occasionally sets) for more than 70 Dallas Opera productions beginning with Il Barbiere di Siviglia in 1962.