Zvulun was born in Israel. He was a medic during his military service in the Israeli army. Originally, he wanted to become a doctor but opted for the opera and became a director. He studied art and music at the Open University in Tel Aviv, was a visiting scholar at the Boston University Opera Institute and graduated from the Executive Program at Harvard Business School. For seven years he was engaged as an assistant director at the
Metropolitan Opera of New York, where he directed revivals of
Tosca and
Carmen. Zvulun is a frequent guest director at the Seattle Opera (
Semele,
La Boheme,
Eugene Onegin,
Lucia di Lammermoor), The Dallas Opera (
Die Fledermaus,
La Boheme), Houston (
The Flying Dutchman,
Rigoletto), The Wexford Festival (
Silent Night,
Dinner at Eight), the Cincinnati Opera (
Magic Flute,
Don Giovanni,
Flying Dutchman), Wolf Trap Opera (
Falstaff,
Don Giovanni) and the Israeli Opera (
Dead Man Walking,
Giulio Cesare). He has directed productions at numerous opera houses in North and South America, including The Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, San Diego Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera de Montreal, Boston Lyric Opera, Dallas, Buenos Aires, Wolf Trap, New Orleans, Glimmerglass Opera, as well as at prestigious educational institutions such as
Juilliard School,
Indiana University and
Boston University. Zvulun is known for introducing the European premieres of numerous American operas. In 2014, his production of
Silent Night at the Wexford Festival received multiple
Irish Times awards as best production of the year. In 2018, his production of
Dinner at Eight received its European premiere at the
Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland. In 2019 his production of
Dead Man Walking was presented in Tel Aviv, becoming the first modern American opera to be presented in that house. Since June 2013 he has been the artistic director of the Atlanta Opera. As a director, he has interpreted a wide range of operas. In the 2017/18 season he staged three completely different works: the Wagner opera
The Flying Dutchman, the musical
Sweeney Todd by
Stephen Sondheim and the Holocaust opera
Out of Darkness by American composer
Jake Heggie. == Productions ==