About this Artist

Seth Reiser is a New York based designer who works in theatre, opera, dance, and music. Seth’s work has been seen throughout the United States and internationally. Recent work in music includes Handel’s Aci Galatea é Polifemo with the Philharmonia Baroque Opera in San Francisco directed by Christopher Alden; Henze’s El Cimarrón at Festival Impulso in Mexico City directed by Robert Castro; the set and lighting design for Bernstein’s MASS at the LA Philharmonic and the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer; JS Bach’s Matthew Passion (Berlin Philharmonic) at the Park Avenue Armory directed by Peter Sellars; Claude Vivier’s Kopernicus at Theatre Cardin in Paris, directed by Peter Sellars; John Adam’s Gospel According to the Other Mary at the San Francisco Symphony directed by Elkhannah Pulitzer; Sufjan Stevens’ Round Up at BAM; Messiaen’s Des Canyon Aux Etoiles with the St. Louis Symphony, directed by Deb O’Grady, which was seen throughout the United States, at the Sydney Opera House and the Barbican; The Indian Queen in Concert with MusicAeterna, directed by Robert Castro which toured Germany; Seth also regularly designs lighting for SF Symphony’s Sound Box concerts. He received his Bachelors Degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and MFA from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.