Johann Stegmeir has designed costumes for Opera, Theatre, Dance, Feature Films, and TV Johann has designed for leading opera companies including Carnegie Hall, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera San Jose, and Glimmerglass Opera. During the 2024/25 season, Johann will have designed over 100 plays and dances at the University of Richmond. His designs were seen this season at Page to Stage III presented by Starr Foster Dance in December 2024 at the Firehouse Theatre. Johann designed costumes for the premiere of Kaiserrequiem at Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Sicily. He was the Assistant Costume Designer for Wildcat!, a film about Flannery O'Connor, directed by Ethan Hawke with Maya Hawke, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, and Steve Zahn. Johann collaborated with acclaimed director Bruce Beresford on costumes for the feature film Peace Love and Misunderstanding starring Jane Fonda, as well as We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's Vision, a documentary for PBS directed by Ric Burns. Johann was the Assistant Costume Designer for the PBS Civil War Series Mercy Street and The Good Lord Bird, both shot in Richmond, Virginia and the surrounding area as backdrops. Johann received the prestigious TCG/NEA Designer Fellowship, allowing him the opportunity to further develop his design skills and expand artistic boundaries. He has worked at Covent Garden, Teatro Real (Madrid), La Scala, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, The Rome Opera, The New Israeil Opera, Savonlinna Festival (Finland), Theatre des Westens (Berlin). Johann's work has been on exhibition for World Stage Design 2009 in Seoul, South Korea, World Stage Design 2013 in Cardiff, Wales, World Stage Design 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan and in Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015 at the A.A. Bakhushin State Central Theatre Museum, Moscow. Member USA 829.