D.M. WOOD IS CANADIAN WORKING INTERNATIONALLY AS A LIGHTING DESIGNER FOR OPERA, THEATRE AND DANCE.
UPCOMING DESIGNS INCLUDE A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (GARSINGTON OPERA), ERNANI, IL TRIONFO DEL TEMPO E DEL DISINGANNO and LA TRAGÉDIE DE CARMEN (BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL), EUGENE ONEGIN (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN), POLIFEMO (OPÉRA DE LILLE) AND LA BOHÈME (MALMÖ OPERA).
PAST DESIGNS INCLUDE LA BOHÈME (MINNESOTA OPERA); DIE WALKÜRE (GREEK NATIONAL OPERA); POLIFEMO (OPÉRA NATIONAL DU RHIN); tHE WORLD PREMIERE Of AVERNO (THE STUTTGART BALLET); LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER); LA TRAVIATA (THE NORWEGIAN NATIONAL OPERA); ARMINIO (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE); THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE AND BRITTEN PEARS ARTS); LA JUIVE (GRAND THÉÂTRE DE GENÈVE); DIE WALKÜRE (THE ROYAL DANISH OPERA); A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (SANTA FE OPERA); SWEAT (HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY); A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN); THE PREMIERE IN FRANCE OF 4.48 PSYCHOSIS (OPÉRA NATIONAL DU RHIN); MADAMA BUTTERFLY AND A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (OPÉRA ORCHESTRE NATIONAL MONTPELLIER); BERENICE (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE); THE TWILIGHT ZONE (AMBASSADORS THEATRE, LONDON WEST END); THE U.S. PREMIERE OF 4.48 PSYCHOSIS (PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL - NEW YORK CITY); JAMES BOND SYMPHONY (ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LYON); STAR WARS EN CONCERT (ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LYON AND OPÉRA ORCHESTRE NATIONAL MONTPELLIER); THE NICETIES (GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, MCCARTER THEATRE, MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB AND HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY); THE WORLD PREMIERE OF 4.48 PSYCHOSIS (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LYRIC HAMMERSMITH); LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES (OPERA OMAHA); LA TEMPESTA, ARMIDA, EDMEA, MEDEA, MARGHERITA, RISURREZIONE, SALOMÉ, DON BUCEFALO AND SILENT NIGHT (WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA); LA BOHÈME (OPERA DI FIRENZE); A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM AND TOSCA (NEVILL HOLT OPERA); DON GIOVANNI AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (NORTHERN IRELAND OPERA); THE WORLD PREMIERE OF L'IMPORTANCE D'ÊTRE CONSTANT, CANDIDE, L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE AND GIANNI SCHICCHI (OPÉRA NATIONAL DE LORRAINE); MARIA STUARDA (SEATTLE OPERA); KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY (MIAMI, L.A, BOSTON AND NYC); IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO AND LA BOHÈME (BOSTON LYRIC OPERA); DON GIOVANNI (BERGEN NASJONALE OPERA - BERGEN, NORWAY); NORMA (SAN FRANCISCO OPERA AND GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU - BARCELONA); ANNA BOLENA (LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO); EURYANTHE AND DIE LIEBE DER DANAE (BARD SUMMERSCAPE); LA FAVORITE (OPER GRAZ); EL CHICO DE OZ (TEATRO MUNICIPAL - LIMA, PERU); L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES (THE BOLSHOI); IL TRITTICO (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN) AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF WILD SWANS (AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER AND YOUNG VIC, LONDON).
MS. WOOD RECEIVED THE U.K.'S 2012 KNIGHT OF ILLUMINATION OPERA AWARD FOR HER DESIGN OF SUOR ANGELICA (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN).