LA Opera Artist

Santo Loquasto
Set Designer

Santo Loquasto

Santo Loquasto is a designer for film, dance and theater. He has designed the sets and/or costumes for 58 Broadway productions. A 14-time Tony Award nominee, he has won the coveted award three times: The Cherry Orchard (1977 - costumes), Café Crown (1989 - scenic design) and Grand Hotel (1990 - costume design). Some of his more recent Broadway productions have been: Movin' Out (scenic design), A Touch of the Poet (costumes and scenic design), Three Days of Rain (costumes and scenic design), Shining City (scenic design) and The Times They Are A-Changin' (scenic and set design). For film, Mr. Loquasto has received Academy Award nominations for his production design for Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway and Radio Days, and for his costume design for Mr. Allen's Zelig. Other film credits include Desperately Seeking Susan, Big, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Husbands and Wives, Bullets Over Broadway, Sweet and Lowdown and Melinda and Melinda. His work in dance includes productions for American Ballet Theatre, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, the National Ballet of Canada, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, San Francisco Ballet, and the Hubbard Street Dance Company. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2001 with Luisa Miller, returning for A View from the Bridge, Salome and Faust.