Marc Urselli has worked as sound-designer in theater & modern opera productions with theater directors such as <b>Peter Sellars</b> and <b>Julian Crouch</b>,
and contemporary classical composers such as MacArthur fellow <b>Tyshawn Sorey</b>, MacArthur fellow & Pulitzer Prize finalist <b>John Zorn</b>, Rome Prize winner <b>Paola Prestini</b>, Music Critics Association of North America Award winner <b>Missy Mazzoli</b> and many others.<br />
Marc has worked in prestigious halls such as <b>The Park Avenue Armory</b> in New York, NY, <b>The Elbphilharmonie</b> in Hamburg, Germany, the <b>Dutch National Opera House</b> in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the <b>Auditorio Nacional</b> in Mexico City, Mexico, <b>Palazzo Grassi</b>, Venice, Italy,  <b>MASS MoCA</b>, North Adams, MA, the <b>New Victory Theater</b> in Times Square, New York, <b>National Sawdust</b>, Brooklyn, NY and many others.
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Below is a select list of sound design productions:<br />
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&#9678; <b>Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine Baker</b> (Opera directed by <b>Peter Sellars</b> with music composed by <b>Tyshawn Sorey</b>, performed by soprano <b>Julia Bullock</b> and <b>Tyshawn Sorey</b> and the <b>International Contemporary Ensemble</b>) - <i>The Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, NL</i> 2023<br />
&#9678; <b>Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)</b> (Opera directed by <b>Peter Sellars</b> with music composed by <b>Tyshawn Sorey</b>, performed by bass-baritone <b>Davóne Tines</b> and <b>Tyshawn Sorey</b>) - <i>The Armory, New York, NY</i> 2022<br />
&#9678; <b>Breaking the Waves</b> (Beth Morrison Project opera by Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek based on the 1996 film of the same name by Danish auteur Lars von Trier) - <i> Prototype Festival at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY</i> 2017<br />
&#9678; <b>MVP: A Multimedia Stage Play Inspired by the Music of Melvin Van Peebles</b> (new commission by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts directed by <b>Mario Van Peebles</b>) - <i>Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY</i> 2024<br />
&#9678; <b>Aging Magician</b> (Beth Morrison Project opera-theater work directed by <b>Julian Crouch</b>, composed by <b>Paola Prestini</b> featuring the <b>Attacca Quartet</b>, the <b>Brooklyn Youth Chorus</b>) - <i>The New Victory Theater, New York, NY / Balboa Theater, San Diego, CA / MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA / The Krannert Center, Tempe, AZ</i> 2017-2022<br />
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Marc also creates sound design for commercials, and mixes audio for film and television. He recorded and mixed more than half a dozen movie soundtracks.
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