Opera Parallèle: Everest – A Graphic Novel Opera

Designed editorial layouts and promotional materials for a groundbreaking operatic production, translating complex artistic work into accessible, audience-facing communications.

Role: Editorial design, layout development, and audience-facing communications for a multidisciplinary arts production. This project supported the promotion of an ambitious contemporary opera by shaping how the production was presented to audiences in a clear, compelling, and visually engaging way. The work balanced artistic integrity with accessibility, helping communicate a complex creative experience through strong layout, structure, and design.

Deliverables: Editorial layout, promotional design, and audience-facing communications materials.

Audience: Patrons, ticket buyers, arts supporters, and general audiences.

Why It Mattered: Everest was an ambitious, genre-crossing production that brought together opera, animation, and graphic storytelling in a highly visual digital format. Communications and editorial design helped translate that complexity into accessible audience-facing content, supporting engagement with a contemporary work that reimagined what opera can look and feel like.

The image shows a magazine or brochure page with information about two individuals, Sasha Cooke and Kevin Burdette, who are featured in a production of Everest - A Graphic Novel Opera. The page includes cartoon-style illustrations of both performers, with Sasha Cooke depicted talking on a phone and Kevin Burdette portrayed outdoors with a backpack and headband. There are also two photographs: one of Sasha Cooke and Brian Staufenbiel during a recording session, and another of Kevin Burdette in a studio setting.
Advertisement for Opera Parallèle's film production of 'Everest,' featuring illustrations of four climbers against a mountain backdrop, with text about the event and a purchase button.
A comic-style illustration depicting a man in a winter jacket talking to a woman holding a phone, with a play button in the middle and text saying 'I love you' in a speech bubble.