Judith
Peter

Cologne-born Judith Peter studied fashion design at Trier University of Applied Sciences and, as a scholarship holder, at the Universidad Politécnica in Madrid.

Since graduating, she has worked as a freelance costume designer for numerous opera, dance, theatre and musical productions.

Her engagements have taken her to international venues including the Teatro Colón in Bogotá, Volksoper Wien, Landestheater Linz, Oslo Opera House and Oper Graz, as well as the Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Staatstheater Hannover, Bad Hersfeld Festival and Oper Köln.

She has created the costumes for more than 95 productions, primarily musicals, ranging from classics such as “Crazy for You”, “Carousel”, “Evita”, “Guys and Dolls” and “West Side Story” to contemporary world and national premieres, frequently in collaboration with director Mathias Davids.

In 2020, “Wonderful Town”, for which Judith Peter designed the costumes, won the Austrian Music Theatre Award in the category “Best Overall Musical Production”; “La Cage aux Folles” received the same award in 2022.

Her collaborations with director Melissa King include “Show Boat” at the Bad Hersfeld Festival, “The Light in the Piazza” and “Matilda” at Landestheater Linz, “La Cage aux Folles” at Volksoper Wien, and “Singin’ in the Rain”, “West Side Story”, “Hairspray” and “Anything Goes” at Staatstheater Nürnberg.

At Oper Köln, Judith Peter was co-costume designer for the production of “Die Schöpfung”, which premiered in 2024.

Since 1995, she has designed the costumes for the annual guest performances by “Cäcilia Wolkenburg” at Oper Köln.