The scenographer Yannis Kokkos: "My work also owes a lot to Africa"
Audio 05:20
Medea, opera by Luigi Cherubini.
Staging, sets and costumes by Yannis Kokkos.
Capitole Theater, Toulouse, 2005. © Patrice Nin
By: Carmen Lunsmann
6 mins
He is one of the most prolific creators of the international theatrical and lyric scene.
Yannis Kokkos, Franco-Greek set designer, costume designer and director, has worked on more than 200 shows in his 55-year career.
Around a hundred costumes and as many designs and models of scenery retrace his artistic career at the National Center for Stage Costume in Moulins, 300 km south of Paris in an exhibition entitled “Scenes by Yannis Kokkos”.
RFI met him at Actes Sud in Paris, which has just published his book.
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► “Scenes by Yannis Kokkos”, on view until November 7 at the National Center for Stage Costume in Moulins, accompanied by a book by the same author published by Actes Sud.
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