All performances are held in the Wortham Center's Brown Theater, Texas at Smith. Photo by Marty Sohl, San Francisco Opera. This production of Don Carlo is staged by Spanish director Emilio Sagi in his HGO debut. The sets and costumes come from San Francisco Opera, and lighting is by British designer Paul Pyant. The Houston Grand Opera Chorus will be prepared by Chorus Master Richard Bado.
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Please note early curtain times. The performances of May 1 and 5 will feature tenor Stephen O'Mara in the title role. Each of the principals has a rounded individuality, that is nowhere surpassed in the Verdian canon. Nor is it only the humans who spring to life. The monastery, the royal palace, the square of Valladolid, or the gardens, all have a real, musical existence.