Mr. Baumgarten has designed lighting for over 400 productions at regional and international opera companies, including Opera Carolina, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Arizona Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera Kansas City, Palm Beach Opera, Toledo Opera, Michigan Opera Theater and Opera Columbus during his thirty-plus year design career. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama and member of United Scenic Artists-Local 829, he assisted on Broadway during the 1980’s, working with such designers as Craig Miller, Tom Skelton, Beverly Emmons, Jim Ingalls, and Richard Nelson. Mr. Baumgarten has been the Director of Production and Resident Lighting Designer for Opera Carolina in Charlotte since 2005, and for Chautauqua Opera since 1999.
