Gary Marder

Lighting Designer

Background: Assistant Resident Lighting Designer for the Metropolitan Opera in NYC for 12 seasons.

OA repertoire: The Magic Flute

Other Companies: He has designed La Traviata for Teatro Regio in Turin Italy and Tokyo, The Makropulos Case and Samson and Dalila for Houston Grand Opera, Carmen, Peter Grimes and Norma for San Diego Opera and Dialogues of the Carmelites for Palm Beach Opera. Before the Met he served as Associate Resident Lighting Designer with the New York City Opera for five years. He has worked in many opera houses around the world including Boston, Connecticut, Barcelona and Baden Baden, Germany. Has designed plays and musicals for The New York State Theatre Institute, including Big River, The Tempest, Pinnocio and Death of a Salesman. He designed the off Broadway production of A Terrible Beauty with Tatem O’Neil. As well as serving as Assistant Lighting Designer on the Broadway productions of Tru, Grand Hotel, Gypsy with Tyne Daly and Annie II