Duane Schuler’s work encompasses opera, ballet, and theater. For HGO, he has lit numerous productions since 1973, most recently Tosca, Norma, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Fidelio, Ariadne auf Naxos, and Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci. His lighting designs for the Metropolitan Opera include The First Emperor, Luisa Miller, Thaïs, as well as 26 other productions since 1995. He has designed more than 140 productions at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, including Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci and Tosca. His work has also been seen at the Royal Opera House, La Scala, De Nederlandse Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Paris Opera, Glyndebourne Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and many others. Schuler’s ballet credits include Swan Lake, The Snow Maiden, Pillar of Fire and Of Love and Rage (American Ballet Theatre); Coppélia and The Nutcracker (Houston Ballet); The Sleeping Beauty (Stuttgart Ballet); and Giselle (Berlin’s Deutsche Oper Ballet). Theater credits include House and Garden, Last Dance, and A Picasso (Manhattan Theatre Club); Ragtime and Holiday Inn (5th Ave Theatre, Seattle); and The Importance of Being Earnest on Broadway. Recent productions include The Marriage of Figaro (Santa Fe Opera), Cendrillon (Metropolitan Opera), and Samson and Delilah (Lyric Opera of Chicago). Schuler is also a founding partner of Schuler Shook, the theater planning and architectural lighting design firm.