Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

Chris Ignacio is a puppeteer, producer, and educator currently finishing an MFA in Theater/Interdisciplinary Digital Media from Arizona State University. He recently debuted at The Metropolitan Opera as a puppeteer in Florencia En El Amazonas, directed by Mary Zimmerman. He has worked as a puppeteer in New York since 2012, mainly at La MaMa Experimental Theater in the East Village, and is now approaching puppetry through the lens of new and emerging media. In Phoenix, he has worked on Media Designs for Ballet Arizona, Arizona Opera and Childsplay Theater.