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RSJ

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

World Premiere 

Santa Fe Opera 

IU | Seattle Opera | San Francisco Opera

Music: Mason Bates

Libretto: Mark Campbell

Direction: Kevin Newbury

Choreography: Chloe Treat

Scenic designVita Tzykun

Projections design: Benjamin Pearcy - 59 Productions

Lighting design: Japhy Weideman

Costume design: Paul Carey

SEMELE

Seattle Opera

starring Stephanie Blythe & Brenda Rae

Atlanta Opera (2025)

Semele

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Scenic & projections design: Erhard Rom

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting Design: Robert Wierzel

FAUST

Faust

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Portland Opera

Direction: Kevin Newbury

Choreography: Zack Winokur

Production design: John Frame

Scenic & Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Projections deign: David Adam Moore

Lighting design: Duane Schuler

Wigs & Makeup design: Sarah Hatten

Photos: Cory Weaver

PASSENGER

World Premiere of the original Russian version

The Bolshoi Theater

Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

*Golden Mask Award nominee for Best Production

Music: Mieczysław Weinberg

Libretto: Alexander Medvedev

Direction, set, lighting design: Thaddeus Strassberger

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

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Edward Tulane
 

World Premiere
Minnesota Opera
Book: Kate DiCamillo
Music: Paola Prestini

Libretto: Mark Campbell

Conductor: Lidiya Yankovskaya

Direction: Eric Simonson

Choreography: Heidi Spesard-Noble

Scenic design: Walt Spangler

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting design: Marcus Doshi

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Dog Days

World Premiere

Peak Performances, Alexander Kasser Theater

LA Opera | Dallas FW Opera | Skirball Center (NYC)

Music: David T. Little

Libretto: Royce Vavrek

Producers: Peak Performances with Beth Morrison Projects

Direction: Robert Woodruff

Scenic & Video design: Jim Findlay

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting design: Matt Fry

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Winterreise

Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Atlanta Opera | Portland Opera |

Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines Metro Opera) |

National Sawdust NYC | Anchorage Opera

Production: GLMMR

Direction: Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore

Scenic & Video design: Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore

Costume design: Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore

Lighting design: Maxwell Bowman

Lighting design - Tel Aviv Museum of Art: Adi Shimrony

WOZZECK

Wozzeck

Des Moines Metro Opera
Direction: Kristine McIntyre

Scenic & Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting design: Kate Ashton

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Dinner At Eight

World Premiere

Minnesota Opera

Wexford Opera Festival (Ireland)

Music: William Bolcom

Libretto: Mark Campbell

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Scenic design: Alexander Dodge

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting design: Robert Wierzel

Wigs & Makeup design: David Zimmerman

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Soldier Songs

Atlanta Opera
San Diego Opera

Music and Libretto: David T. Little

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Scenic design: Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore

Video design: Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore

Lighting design: Maxwell Bowman

FELLOW TRAVELERS

Fellow Travelers

World Premiere

Cincinnati Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago | Prototype Festival (NYC) | Virginia Opera | Arizona Opera | Des Moines Metro Opera

Music: Gregory Spears

Libretto: Greg Pierce

Direction: Kevin Newbury

Scenic design: Vita Tzykun

Costume design: Paul Carey

Lighting Design: Thomas C. Hase

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Castor and Patience

World Premiere
Cincinnati Opera
Music: Gregory Spears

Libretto: Tracy K. Smith

Direction: Kevin Newbury

Scenic design: Vita Tzykun

Costume design: Jessica Jahn

Projection design: Katy Tucker

Image design: Rachel Eliza Griffith

Lighting design: Thomas Hase

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Silent Night

European Premiere

Wexford Opera Festival, Ireland

Atlanta Opera | Glimmerglass Festival | Washington National Opera | Austin Opera

Music: Kevin Puts

Libretto: Mark Campbell

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Set design: Erhard Rom

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting Design: D.M. Wood

FALSTAFF

World Premiere

Wolf Trap Opera

Des Moines Metro Opera

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Scenery design: Erhard Rom

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting design: Bob Grimes

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La Favorite

Houston Grand Opera

Euryanthe

Bard Summerscape Festival

Direction: Kevin Newbury

Set design: Vita Tzykun

Costume design: Jessica Jahn

Lighting Design: D.M. Wood

Man-Hat

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

Indianapolis Opera

Based on the book by Oliver Sacks

Music: Michael Nyman

Production: GLMMR 

Direction: Vita Tzykun | David Adam Moore

Scenic & Costume design: Vita Tzykun | David Adam Moore

Projections design: David Adam Moore

Lighting Design & Video engineering: Mawell Bowman

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Salome

Utah Symphony & Opera
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Opera Philadelphia 

Direction: Kevin Newbury

Scenic & Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting Design SLC: Nick Cavallaro

Lighting Design Philladelphia: D.M. Wood

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

* starring Joyce DiDonato & Nicole Cabell

Direction: Kevin Newbury

Scenic & Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting Design: Japhy Weideman

RIGOLETTO

Rigoletto

Boston Lyric Opera

Atlanta Opera

Omaha Opera

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Scenic design: Erhard Rom

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting Design: Robert Weirzel

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Med kniven på strupen

World Premiere

Kristiansund Opera (Norway)

The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet

Direction: Ronald Rørvik

Scenery design: Vita Tzykun & Sunniva Bodvin

Costume design: Vita Tzykun & Sunniva Bodvin

Lighting design: Hans-Åke Sjøquist

GIANNI S

Gianni Schicchi

Julliard Opera

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Scenery design: Donald Eastman

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting design: Jane Frances Cox

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Don Giovanni

Wolf Trap Opera

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Scenery design: Erhard Rom

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Video design: Katy S. Tucker

Lighting design: Bob Grimes

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L'heure Espagnole

Juilliard Opera

Direction: Tomer Zvulun

Scenery design: Donald Eastman

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Lighting design: Jane Frances Cox

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Don Bucefalo

Wexford Opera Festival, Ireland

Direction: Kevin Newbury

Scenic design: Vita Tzykun

Costume design: Jessica Jahn

Lighting Design: D.M. Wood

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La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfersalo

Gotham Chamber Opera

Direction: Andrew Eggert

Scenic design: Julia Noulin Mérat

Costume design: Vita Tzykun

Video design: Katy S. Tucker

Lighting Design: Mark Stanley

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Tristan & Isolde

Dallas Opera

Direction: Christian Rath  

Scenic design: Christian Rath   
Video design: Elaine McCarthy,

Austin Switser, and Vita Tzykun   

Paintings: Vita Tzykun  

Lighting design: Alan Burrett 

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Oceanic Verses

The Kennedy Center 

River to River Festival (NYC)

 

Music: Paola Prestini

Libretto: Donna DiNovelli

Producer: Beth Morrison Projects

Direction: Kevin Newbury 

Scenic and Costume design: Vita Tzykun   
Video design: Katy S. Tucker

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Dido and Aeneas

Time Warner Center (NYC)

Direction: Pat Diamond 

Scenic & Costume design: Vita Tzykun  
Video design: Katy S. Tucker

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