Martin Pakledinaz has designed costumes for theater, opera, and dance. He has collaborated with Mark Morris on works for the Mark Morris Dance Group, San Francisco Ballet, and Boston Ballet, and worked with the New York City Ballet, including Christopher Wheeldon's recent The Nightingale and The Rose. Mr. Pakledinaz's New York credits include Gypsy, starring Patti Lupone and directed by Arthur Laurents; The Pirate Queen; The Pajama Game (Tony Award nomination); The Trip to Bountiful; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Wonderful Town; The Wild Party; A Year with Frog and Toad; Kiss Me, Kate; Golden Child; The Diary of Anne Frank; Waste; and The Life. His work in opera includes Rodelinda for the Metropolitan Opera; Tristan und Isolde for the Paris Opera/Bastille, directed by Peter Sellars with video installations by Bill Viola; as well as two other world premiere works directed by Sellars, L'Amour de Loin and Adriana Mater, composed by Kaija Saariaho with librettos by Amin Maalouf. Upcoming projects include Grease on Broadway and Iphigénie en Tauride, a co-production of the Seattle and Metropolitan Operas. He has been awarded two Tony Awards and the Obie, Drama Desk, and Lucille Lortel awards, among others.

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