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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

David Lefkowich
Director

David Lefkowich is an accomplished stage director
and fight choreographer and has enjoyed success
with different companies including the Metropolitan
Opera, Teatro alla Scala, San Francisco Opera,
New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera and
Glimmerglass Opera. Notable directing engagements
include a site-specific Acis and Galatea for Out of
the Box Opera in the catacombs of a former Pillsbury
Mill in Minneapolis, an immersive Pagliacci at Boston
Lyric Opera, Tosca at Annapolis Opera and Pagliacci
at Opera Colorado.
Recent directing engagements include Don Giovanni
at L’Opéra de Montréal and Don Giovanni, Idomeneo,
Le nozze di Figaro and L’Histoire du soldat at the
Ravinia Music Festival with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra and Maestro James Conlon. Lefkowich
also directed and choreographed L’Histoire du
soldat at The Juilliard School with Maestro Conlon.
Lefkowich made his European debut directing
Le portrait de Manon at the Gran Teatre Liceu in
Barcelona and followed with The Rake’s Progress at
La Monnaie in Brussels. Other engagements include
directing and choreographing new productions of L’Opéra de Montréal, McGill School of Music and
La traviata (Austin Opera, Opera Birmingham, San Ithaca College.
Francisco Opera, Lake George Opera); Carmen A graduate from Northwestern University with a
(Fort Worth Opera, Anchorage Opera); Lucia di Bachelor of Science in Theatre, Lefkowich has a
Lammermoor (Eugene Opera); Simon Boccanegra certificate from École Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France.
(Kentucky Opera); La bohème, La fille du regiment
and Acis and Galatea (Madison Opera); Salome Lefkowich served as the Artistic Director of the Mill
(Minnesota Opera); Roméo et Juliette (Florida Grand City Summer Opera in Minneapolis, Minnesota where
Opera, Minnesota Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera he directed the annual summer offerings of Pagliacci,
Tampa, Seagle Music Colony); Tosca (Boston Lyric Barber of Seville, Tosca, Daughter of the Regiment,
Opera); Così fan tutte (Opera Saratoga); Le portrait Sweeney Todd and Maria de Buenos Aires. Currently
de Manon (Glimmerglass Opera); and Il Trovatore he is the Artistic Director of Out of the Box Opera
(New Orleans Opera, Fort Worth Opera). in Minneapolis, a company dedicated to creating
high-quality operatic experiences in site-specific
Lefkowich was thrilled to fight direct the world locations, most notably with Diva Cage Match, an epic
premieres of Philip Glass’ Appomattox at San battle of voices, egos and talent in a boxing gym.
Francisco Opera, Miss Lonelyhearts at Juilliard, La
fanciulla del West at New York City Opera and the www.davidlefkowich.com
New York Off-Broadway run of A Clockwork Orange.
Lefkowich is a guest artist and performs master
classes at several young artist programs and
universities including the San Francisco Opera
Center Adler Fellowship Program, Atelier Lyrique at

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