Wolfgang von Zoubek was born in Austria. He has designed lighting for numerous opera productions including Elektra (R. Strauss), Il trittico (Puccini), Fidelio (Beethoven), Parsifal (Wagner) and Nabucco (Verdi). He has designed for the opera houses of Madrid, Rome, Vienna, Bologna, Nice and Tokyo and for the Salzburg, Bregenz and Bayreuth festivals.