David Lefkowich

David Lefkowich is an accomplished stage director and fight choreographer who has enjoyed success with different companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatre alla Scala, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera. David made his European debut directing Le Portrait de Manon at the Gran Teatre Liceu (Barcelona) and followed with The Rake’s Progress at La Monnaie (Brussels). David was thrilled to fight-direct the world premieres of Philip Glass’s Appomattox (San Francisco Opera), Miss Lonelyhearts (Juilliard),La fanciulla del west (NYC Opera), and A Clockwork Orange (Off-Broadway). David is a guest artist and performs masterclasses at several young artist programs and universities including the Adler Fellowship Program (San Francisco Opera), Atelier Lyrique (L’Opéra de Montréal), McGill School of Music, and Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland. A graduate from Northwestern University with a BS in Theatre, David has a certificate from École Jacques-Lecoq in Paris. David served as the Artistic Director of the Mill City Summer Opera in Minneapolis, where he directed the annual summer offerings of Pagliacci, The Barber of Seville, Tosca, Daughter of the Regiment, Sweeney Todd, and Maria de Buenos Aires. Currently, he is the Artistic Director of Out of the Box Opera in Minneapolis, a company dedicated to creating high-quality operatic experiences in site-specific locations, most notably with Diva Cage Match, an epic battle of voices, egos, and talent in a boxing gym.

Select Credits Include: Acis and Galatea (Out of the Box Opera Minneapolis, former Pillsbury Mill catacombs), Pagliacci (Boston Lyric Opera), Tosca (Annapolis Opera), Pagliacci (Opera Colorado), Don Giovanni (L’Opéra de Montréal), Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Le Nozze di Figaro & L’Histoire du Soldat (Ravinia Music Festival, Chicago Symphony Orchestra), L’Histoire du Soldat (Juilliard), La Traviata (Austin Opera, Opera Birmingham, San Francisco Opera, Lake George Opera), Carmen (Fort Worth Opera, Anchorage Opera), Lucia de Lammermoor(Eugene Opera), Simon Boccanegra (Kentucky Opera), La Bohème, La fille du Regiment, Acis and Galatea(Madison Opera), Salome (Minnesota Opera), Roméo et Juliette (Florida Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Tampa, Seagle Music Colony), Tosca (Boston Lyric Opera), Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera Saratoga), Le Portrait de Manon (Glimmerglass Opera), Il Trovatore (New Orleans Opera, Fort Worth Opera).

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