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Michael Baumgarten
Director of Production

Mr. Baumgarten has designed lighting, video, and scenery for over 450 productions at regional and international opera companies, including New York City Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Manitoba Opera, Arizona Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera Kansas City, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Carolina, and Michigan Opera Theater during his design career of over forty years. A graduate of SUNY Binghamton (1978), the Yale School of Drama (MFA 1981), and a member of United Scenic Artists-Local 829, Mr. Baumgarten worked on over a dozen productions on Broadway as an assistant lighting designer. Mr. Baumgarten has also served as Director of Production and Resident Lighting/Video Designer for Chautauqua Opera since 1999 and held the same position for twenty years at Opera Carolina, until he retired.

Michael Baumgarten
Director of Production

Mr. Baumgarten has designed lighting, video, and scenery for over 450 productions at regional and international opera companies, including New York City Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Manitoba Opera, Arizona Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera Kansas City, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Carolina, and Michigan Opera Theater during his design career of over forty years. A graduate of SUNY Binghamton (1978), the Yale School of Drama (MFA 1981), and a member of United Scenic Artists-Local 829, Mr. Baumgarten worked on over a dozen productions on Broadway as an assistant lighting designer. Mr. Baumgarten has also served as Director of Production and Resident Lighting/Video Designer for Chautauqua Opera since 1999 and held the same position for twenty years at Opera Carolina, until he retired.