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designer| director | multimedia artist
Edward Tulane
Minnesota Opera
*World Premiere
Book: Kate DiCamillo
Composer: Paola Prestini
Libretto: Mark Campbell
Conductor: Lidiya Yankovskaya
Direction: Eric Simonson
Choreography: Heidi Spesard-Noble
Stage design: Walt Spangler
Costume design: Vita Tzykun
Lighting design: Marcus Doshi
Cincinnati Opera
*World Premiere
Castor and Patience
Composer: Gregory Spears
Libretto: Tracy K. Smith
Direction: Kevin Newbury
Stage design: Vita Tzykun
Costume design: Jessica Jahn
Projection design: Katy Tucker
Image design: Rachel Eliza Griffith
Lighting design: Thomas Hasse
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
* World Premiere
Santa Fe Opera
IU
Seattle Opera
San Francisco Opera
Music by Mason Bates
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Direction: Kevin Newbury
Choreography: Chloe Treat
Sets: Vita Tzykun
Projections: Benjamin Pearcy - 59 Productions
Lighting: Japhy Weideman
Costumes: Paul Carey
Wigs & Makeup: David Zimmerman
*World Premiere
Minnesota Opera
Wexford Opera Festival (Ireland)
Music by William Bolcom
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Direction: Tomer Zvulun
Set design: Alexander Dodge
Costume design: Vita Tzykun
Lighting Design: Robert Wierzel
Wigs & Makeup: David Zimmerman
The Passenger
* World Premiere of the original Russian version
**Golden Mask Award nominee for Best Production
The Bolshoi Theater
Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
Music by Mieczysław Weinberg
Libretto by Alexander Medvedev
Direction, set, lighting design: Thaddeus Strassberger
Costume design: Vita Tzykun
Fellow Travelers
*World Premiere
Cincinnati Opera
Prototype Festival
Music by Gregory Spears
Libretto by Greg Pierce
Direction: Kevin Newbury
Set design: Vita Tzykun
Costume design: Paul Carey
Lighting Design: Thomas C. Hase
* Named as one of the best Classical Music events of 2016 by the New York Times
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
Indianapolis Opera
Based on the book by Oliver Sacks
Music by Michael Nyman
Production by: GLMMR
Direction + Production design: David Adam Moore | Vita Tzykun
Lighting Design + Video engineering: Mawell Bowman