Director: Stuart Maunder. Sweeping, romantic and ultimately heartbreaking, Romeo & Juliet unfolds with cinematic intensity on the Sydney Opera House stage. Jennifer Irwin’s costume designs illuminate the tension between innocence and conflict at the heart of Shakespeare’s tragedy, contrasting youthful vibrancy with the formality of feuding families. Her use of silhouette, texture and colour deepens character and mood — from tender moments of first love to the stark inevitabi

Director: Graeme Murphy AO. Poetic, intimate and beautiful, Madame Butterfly  unfolds with visual restraint and emotional depth on the Sydney Opera House stage. Jennifer Irwin’s costume designs honour the delicacy and symbolism of Puccini’s world, blending refined period detail with a painterly sense of colour and form. Her costumes chart Cio-Cio San’s journey with subtle shifts in silhouette and tone, supporting the production’s atmosphere of longing, honour and quiet streng

Director: Graeme Murphy AO. Sparkling with wit, romance and old-world glamour, The Merry Widow enchants audiences in Opera Australia’s 2019 Sydney Opera House season. Jennifer Irwin’s costume designs capture the elegance of Belle Époque Paris — from opulent ballroom gowns and refined tailoring to playful splashes of colour and flirtation. Each costume is crafted to move with the sweeping waltzes and ensemble choreography, while revealing character, status and emotion with su