Dunya Ramicova

Dunya Ramicova
Born (1950-10-11) October 11, 1950
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
OccupationsCostume designer, academic
Years active1970s–present
Academic background
EducationYale School of Drama (M.F.A.) Goodman School of Drama (B.F.A.)
Academic work
DisciplineCostume design
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Merced

Dunya Ramicova (born October 11, 1950) is an Emmy Award-winning costume designer and distinguished professor emeritus at the University of California, Merced.[1] At the university, she served as a founding faculty member, and was the Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Costume Designer Endowed Chair.[2][3][4]

Ear;y life and education

Ramicova was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia on October 11, 1950. She immigrated to the United States in 1968, and studied at the Goodman School of Drama and the Yale School of Drama.[5][6]

Career

Ramicova built a career designing costumes for over 150 productions at major opera houses, theaters, and performing arts venues worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, and San Francisco Opera.[5]

In 2014, she donated a collection of over 2,000 of her drawings and costume designs to the University of California, Merced, which would become the Dunya Ramicova Costume Design Collection. They compose her life's wok, and were digitized into the Online Archive of California.[2]

References

  1. ^ Karlekar, Malavika (December 27, 2015). "Christmas with Pavarotti". Telegraph India. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Shiroma, Jerrold (2017). "The art of costume design: The work of Dunya Ramicova". Art Libraries Journal. 42 (1): 41–46. doi:10.1017/alj.2016.43. ISSN 0307-4722.
  3. ^ "Dunya Ramicova". Lyric Opera of Chicago. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "Fresno Exhibit Puts Spotlight on Costume Designs of Professor Dunya Ramcova". news.ucmerced.edu. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, 2001. Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Symphony Orchestra. 2001. p. 622. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  6. ^ Owen, Bobbi (2003). The Broadway Design Roster : Designers and Their Credits. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-31915-0. Retrieved October 4, 2025.