Robert O'Hearn Biography (1921-)
Full name, Robert Raymond O'Hearn; born July 19, 1921, in Elkhart, IN; son ofRobert Raymond, Sr. and Ella May (Stoldt) O'Hearn. Addresses: HOME--New York City.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- July 19, 1921
- Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Famous Works
- Credits
- FIRST STAGE WORK--Scenic designer, Shadow and Substance, Brattle Theatre,Cambridge, MA, 1948.
- set designer at Brattle Theatre, 1948-52.
- FIRST NEW YORK STAGE WORK--Scenic designer, The Relapse, 1951.
- Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; ASSISTANT DESIGNER
- Kismet, 1953, Pajama Game, 1955, My Fair Lady, 1956, West Side Story, 1958, all on Broadway.
- Credits; SCENIC DESIGNER
- Love's Labour's Lost, New York City, 1953.
- Othello, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1955.
- The Apple Cart, Child of Fortune, both New York City, 1956.
- Troilus and Cressida, Stratford, CT, 1961.
- Kiss Me, Kate, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, 1964, then City Center Theatre, New York City, 1965.
- La Sylphide, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1964, then Italian Symphony, 1971.
- Adam Cochrane, New York City, 1964.
- Porgy and Bess, Vienna Volksoper, Austria, 1965, then Bregenzer Festspiele, Austria, 1971.
- Otello, Boston Opera, then Hamburg State Opera, West Germany, both 1967.
- The Nutcracker, San Francisco Ballet, 1967, then Los Angeles Ballet, 1979.
- La Traviata, Santa Fe Opera, 1968.
- Rosalinda, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, 1968.
- Tallis Fantasia, New York City Ballet, 1969.
- The Enchanted, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1973.
- The Mind with the Dirty Man, Los Angeles, 1973.
- Coppelia, Ballet West, Salt Lake City, UT, 1974, then Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, WA, 1978.
- Carmen, Strasbourg, France, 1974.
- Swan Lake, Strasbourg, France, 1975.
- Die Meistersinger, Karlsruhe, West Germany, 1975, then Chicago Lyric Opera, 1977.
- Boris Godunov, Strasbourg, France, 1976.
- Girl of the Golden West, Houston Opera, then Vienna Staatsoper, Austria,both 1976, later New York City Opera, 1977.
- Der Rosenkavelier, Karlsruhe, West Germany, 1976, then Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, ON, 1978.
- Don Quixote, Ballet West, Salt Lake City, UT, 1977.
- Andrea Chenier, New York City Opera, 1978.
- The Taming of the Shrew, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA,1980.
- West Side Story, Bregenzer Festspiele, Austria, 1981, then Michigan OperaTheatre, Detroit, MI, 1985.
- Pique Dame, San Francisco Opera, 1982.
- Production designer, all with the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City: L'Elisir d'Amore, 1960.
- Die Meistersinger, 1962.
- Credits; Aida, 1963. Stage designer, all with the Metropolitan Opera Company
- Samson and Delila, 1964.
- Pique Dame, 1965.
- La Ventana, Die Frau Ohne Schatten, both 1966.
- Hansel and Gretel, 1967.
- Der Rosenkavelier, 1969.
- Parsifal, 1970.
- The Marriage of Figaro, 1975.
- Porgy and Bess, 1985.
- Also designed Boris Godunov, 1970, unproduced.
- STAGE DESIGNER, ALL WITH THE CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE, CENTRAL CITY, CO Falstaff, The Marriage of Figaro, Gianni Schicci, all 1972.
- The Barber of Seville, 1973.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1974.
- Scipio Africanus, 1975.
- STAGE DESIGNER, ALL WITH THE MIAMI OPERA, MIAMI,FL The Pearl Fishers, 1974.
- Don Pasquale, 1976.
- Adriana Lecouvreur, La Boheme, both 1978.
- Die Fledermaus, 1980.
- Tosca, 1981.
- La Traviata, 1982.
- Lucia di Lammermoor, 1984.
- L'Italiana in Algeri, 1985.
- Also Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel.
- STAGE DESIGNER, ALL WITH OPERA COLORADO, DENVER,CO Aida, Don Giovanni, both 1986.
- Samson and Delila, Manon Lescaut, both 1987.
- Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
- Designer, A Clerical Error, 1955.