David Zimmerman

David Zimmerman has worked with several opera companies around the world. These include The Metropolitan Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Santa Fe Opera, Paris National Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Minnesota Opera, The Dallas Opera, International Music Festival of Macau, China, and Opera Santa Barbara. Zimmerman's career extends to Broadway, as well, where he has worked with shows including Wicked, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Show Boat, South Pacific, and Evita. Personal clients include Deborah Voigt, Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham, Patricia Racette, Martha Stewart, Olympia Dukakis and Ricky Martin. Zimmerman has recently been working with Neiman Marcus Visuals for window displays for their flagship store and a special evening with Martha Stewart. Zimmerman has also done the makeup for DIFFA Fashion Runway, Dallas Fashion and Art Charity, and the Yelp.com Fashion Magazine. Print credits include three features in Opera News, plus features in both Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. TV and film credits include “Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year,” Margaret (starring Anna Paquin), and Hostiles (starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike).

Appearances at Lyric Opera

Wig & Makeup Designer, Of Mice and Men (2026)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Porgy and Bess (2026)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Madame Butterfly (2025)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Cinderella (2025)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Turandot (2025)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Cruzar la cara de la luna (2025)
Wig & Makeup Designer, The Barber of Seville (2024)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Roméo et Juliette (2024)
Wig & Makeup Designer, The Sound of Music (2023)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Cavalleria rusticana | Pagliacci (2023)
Wig & Makeup Designer, The Shining (2023)
Wig & Makeup Designer, La traviata (2022)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Carmen (2022)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Tosca (2022)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Lucia di Lammermoor (2020)
Wig & Makeup Designer, La bohème (2019)
Wig & Makeup Designer, The Abduction from the Seraglio (2019)
Wig & Makeup Designer, Madame Butterfly (2018)