DAVID J. LEVIN is the Alice H. and Stanley G. Harris Distinguished Service Professor of Germanic Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, and Theater and Performance Studies at the University of Chicago. David has worked extensively as a dramaturg and collaborator for opera, theater, and ballet productions in Germany and the United States, working with, among others, Robert Altman, Ruth Berghaus, and William Forsythe. Last season, he was production dramaturg on Charles Newell’s award-winning Court Theatre production of Berlin. Beginning in 2028, he is collaborating with Yuval Sharon on a new production of Wagner’s Ring cycle for the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Bio as of 3/2026