ERHARD ROM has designed over 150 productions across North America.  He designed the Canadian Premiere of John Adam’s opera Nixon in China in 2010. His designs have been featured in the Prague Quadrennial, an internationally recognized Scenographic and Architectural exhibition. Some of his most recent projects include:  La Boheme for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Cosi fan Tutte and Ariadne auf Naxos for Wolf Trap Opera, Don Giovanni and The Tales of Hoffmann for Virginia Opera and Rusalka for Minnesota Opera.  He has worked with many leading directors including:  Leon Major, Lillian Groag, Colin Graham, James Robinson, Rhoda Levine , Robin Guarino, Michael Cavanagh, Eric Simonson and Tim Ocel.

His work includes numerous engagements with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Virginia Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Minnesota Opera and Chautauqua Opera. His work has been seen regularly at Syracuse Stage and Geva Theatre Center in upstate New York. Other Theatre Companies he has worked for include: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Interact Theatre, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre. He has also designed for Opera Festival of New Jersey, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Kentucky Opera, Opera Cleveland, Curtis Institute of Music, San Francisco Opera Center, Manhattan School of Music, Oklahoma Mozart Festival, ABC Television, and BARD Summerscape among others.  He received the tribute to classical arts award for creative achievement in Opera in 1999 and 2003 for his work at the New Orleans Opera including the world premiere of the opera Pontalba by Thea Musgrave.

Mr. Rom received his M.F.A. in Design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is a member of USA Local 829.  Originally from Seattle Washington, he now lives with his wife and son, in Maplewood NJ just outside of New York City.  He is currently an Assistant Professor at Montclair State University where he teaches scenic design in the Department of Theatre and Dance.