Cameron Anderson is an internationally acclaimed scenic and projection designer and has designed extensively at the world's leading theatre and opera companies.  Recent projects include popstar Charlie Puth's North American and international tours, and the world premiere opera RUR: A Torrent of Light (Tapestry Opera, Toronto), which won the Best New Opera in North America award (MCANA). Other recent highlights include West Side Story (Kilden Performing Arts Center, Norway, Vancouver Opera), and Simon Boccanegra (Teatro Colon, Argentina), Byhalia Mississippi (The Kennedy Center), The Niceties (Manhattan Theatre Club), Yerma, Becoming Cuba, and Sweat (Huntington Theater), Fille du Regiment, The Consul, Vinkensport, The Merry Widow, and Rocking Horse Winner (Opera Saratoga), and Photograph 51 (South Coast Repertory). Select opera credits include Glimmerglass Festival, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Central City Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Gotham Chamber Opera, and On Site Opera. Select Off-Broadway credits include Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwrights' Horizons, New Georges, LAByrinth Theater Company, Naked Angels, Ars Nova, and Brooklyn Academy of Music. Upcoming projects include Leonora at Chicago Opera Theater and Les Mamelles de Tirésias and Seven Deadly Sins for The Curtis Institute. cameronanderson.net

Elena Flores (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based costume designer & maker for theatre, TV, and film. She is a proud union member of Costume Designer’s Guild 892 and Motion Picture Costumers 705, as well as an ensemble member of Echo Theatre Company and Rogue Artists Ensemble. Elena has been exhibited as an "Emerging Artist" representing the United States at Prague Quadrennial 2019 and is an Ovation Award nominee in Costume Design. Recent designs include Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Center Theatre Group), Cherubin (USC Thornton School of Music), The Bottoming Process (IAMA Theatre), Righteous Thieves (feature film), 1660 Vine (feature film), and she recently completed five months working as a specialty costumer on the upcoming feature RED ONE featuring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Chris Evans. Social Media @elenafloresdesign

David Martin Jacques makes his Music Academy debut as lighting designer for “Carmen”. David has designed productions for numerous theatrical, opera, and dance companies worldwide.  These include productions at The Royal Opera House; English National Opera; La Scala; Teatro La Fenice; Lyric Opera of Chicago; New National Theatre of Tokyo; Los Angeles Philharmonic; The Mariinsky Theatre; Teatro dell’Opera Roma; Teatro San Carlo; Brooklyn Academy of Music, Welsh National Opera; Canadian Opera Company; Norwegian National Opera; Opera Hong Kong; Chicago Opera Theatre; Central City Opera; Long Beach Opera; Maggio Musicale Firenza; Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; Florida Grand Opera; Teatro Perez Galdos Las Palmas; Chautauqua Opera; and Vancouver Opera.

David is designing the lighting for Tristan und Isolde at the San Francisco Opera in October of 2024. He serves as Professor Emeritus at California State University Long Beach. His book, Introduction to the Musical Art of Stage Lighting Design, is being used as the primary lighting textbook at numerous universities.