EUGENIJUS SABALIAUSKAS is a seasoned Lithuanian lighting designer, collaborating with artists across theatre, fashion, dance, opera, and more. He has been a frequent nominee for Lithuania's Golden Stage Cross awards for his influential lighting designs. His work has gained international recognition, being featured at major festivals worldwide in countries including France, Argentina, Germany, the UK, the USA, Japan, and Brazil, among others. Additionally, he is acclaimed for mentoring Lithuania’s leading lighting artists and has made significant contributions to both classical and contemporary productions, as well as international and multidisciplinary art events.
In 2014, he was awarded the Golden Stage Cross in the category of the best Lithuanian author's production with the contemporary opera Have a Good Day! team. In 2009, Sabaliauskas was awarded as the best lighting designer at the International Rijeka (Croatia) Small Stage Festival (performance Hamlet).
Selected works in Opera, Dance and Music theatre include The tales of Hoffmann (2024), Dir. Aik Karapetian, Latvian National Opera; Youth (2023), dir. Anželika Cholina, Anželika Cholina's Dance Theatre; Chronicle of Current Events (2019), Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Kremerata Baltica & Gidon Kremer, Switzerland; Meet(ing) (2018), dir. Lauryna Liepaitė, Low Air Dance Theatre; Post Futurum (2018) by Gintaras Sodeika, dir. Oskaras Koršunovas, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre; Gloria for Lithuania (2018) for the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Lithuanian state, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre; Tosca (2016) by Giacomo Puccini, dir. Dalia Ibelhauptaitė, Vilnius City Opera; e-Carmen (2016) by Marijus Adomaitis, dir. Dalia Ibelhauptaitė, Vilnius City Opera; John and Greta (2014) by Engelbert Humperdinck, dir. Gediminas Šeduikis, Vilnius City Opera; The Troubadour (2014) by Giuseppe Verdi, dir. Dalia Ibelhauptaitė, Vilnius City Opera; All Women do the same (2013) opera by W. A. Mozart, dir. Dalia Ibelhauptaitė, Vilnius City Opera; VCO Rock (2013) a fusion work of opera and rock, dir. Gediminas Šeduikis, Vilnius City Opera; All about Gidon (2013, Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer, Germany; Have a good day! (2011), dir. Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, music Lina Lapelytė, libretto Vaiva Grainytė, Operomanija/NOA/CAC; Elixir of Love (2008) opera based on Gaetano Donizetti's music,
dir. Oskaras Koršunovas, National Opera and Ballet Theatre; Tango in Fa (2001) to the music of Astor Piazzolla, choreographer Anželika Cholina, National Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Selected works in Theatre: REQUIEM (2024), dir. Dmitry Krymov, Klaipėda Drama Theatre; WoW - Word on Wirecard (2023) by Anka Herbut, dir. Lukasz Twarkowski, Münchner Kammerspiele; Fragment, based on the motives of the third act of A. Chekhov's Three Sisters (2023), dir. Dmitry Krymov, Klaipėda Drama Theatre; Elizaveta Bam (2022) by Daniil Kharms, dir. Oskaras Koršunovas, BDT Theatre, St. Petersburg; Rothko (2022) by Anka Herbut, dir. Lukasz Twarkowski, Dailes Theatre, Riga; The Seagull (2020) by Anton Chekhov, dir. Oskaras Koršunovas, Moscow Art Theatre/MXT; Faust (2019) by J. W. Goethe, dir. Rimas Tuminas, SuperSeptember production, Beijing; Oedipus at Colonus (2019) to the memory of Eimuntas Nekrošius, dir. Rimas Tuminas, International Theatre Festival of Pompeii.
Selected Art works and Performances: Lithuanian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024), Pakui Hardware & Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė Inflammation; (de)manifestation / scenographic moments (2024) by Irina Komissarova, Norwegian Theatre Academy & Festival §112, Fredrikstad; Code 4:44 (2023) by Eugenijus Sabaliauskas, Paulius Kilbauskas, as part of the “Vilnius poker” exhibition at MO Museum, Vilnius; Industrial Symphony [Re:born] (2021), dir. Paulius Kilbauskas, Eugenijus Sabaliauskas, Metal Construction Factory PEIKKO, Kaunas; Tongue PhD (2016), dir. Ieva Misevičiūtė, CAC/ STUK Kunstencentrum & M-Museum, Leuven, Belgium, NY, USA.
Photo: Visvaldas Morkevicius