A.J. Guban is an award-winning designer based in Washington, D.C., and the longtime Lighting Director at Washington National Opera, where he has designed over forty productions, including Macbeth, Il trovatore, Don Giovanni, Gods & Mortals, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, six world premiere operas (An American Soldier, Penny, Better Gods, The Dictator’s Wife, Proving Up, Taking Up Serpents), and thirty-six world premiere one-act operas.
At The Kennedy Center, A.J. serves as a key lighting designer across opera, theater, and musical events. His recent work includes The Kennedy Center at 50 (broadcast on PBS), On Stage at the Opera House (a six-month pandemic performance series), and A Time to Sing with Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams. He has also lit productions at Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Teatro di Cagliari, Opera Cleveland, Opéra de Montréal, New Orleans Opera, Detroit Opera, The Atlanta Opera, and Opera Lafayette, among others.
Upcoming projects include The Marriage of Figaro, The Little Prince, and West Side Story at Washington National Opera, La traviata at Atlanta Opera, and Porgy and Bess at Houston Grand Opera.
Learn more at ajguban.com.
