Organization

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Nicholas Hytner

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Bob Crowley

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Mark Henderson

Tenor (+2)

Brian Jagde

Don Carlo

Soprano (+2)

Lise Davidsen

Elisabeth of Valois

Baritone (+6)

Luca Micheletti

Rodrigo

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Yulia Matochkina

Princess Eboli

Bass (+5)

John Relyea

Philip II

Bass (+2)

Taras Shtonda

The Grand Inquisitor

Bass (+1)

Alexander Köpeczi

A Monk

Ella Taylor

Thibault

Michael Gibson

The Count of Lerma

Soprano

Sarah Dufresne

A Voice from Heaven

Baritone (+2)

Josef Jeongmeen Ahn

Flemish Deputy

Matthew Durkan

Baritone (+4)

Felix Kemp

Dan D'Souza

Bass (+3)

Jihoon Kim

Baritone (+3)

Simon Wallfisch

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Bertrand de Billy

Royal Ballet and Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

Costume designer

Chorus

Royal Opera Chorus

1560. The union of Don Carlos and Elizabeth of Valois has the power to bring about a new era of peace between Spain and France. But when Carlos’s father, Philip II, decides to marry Elizabeth himself, it triggers a crisis that engulfs the whole of Europe, pitting nation against nation and father against son.

Brian Jagde and Lise Davidsen play the young lovers, with Luca Micheletti as Posa and Yulia Matochkina making her House debut as Eboli. Daniele Rustioni conducts Verdi’s mighty score in this revival of Nicholas Hytner’s spectacular production, steeped in the gilt and gore of Renaissance art.

Italian