Luis F. Carvalho is a production designer whose work spans the worlds of opera, theatre, dance, video and installation.
Recent projects include ‘Antigone’ (Fondazione INDA), ‘Peter Grimes’ (Royal Opera House), ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Teatro Real Madrid), ‘Cosi fan Tutte’ (Teatro alla Scala)
Upcoming Projects
Jedermann - Salzburgfestspiele - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Singin’ in the Rain - Lido de Paris - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
The Marriage of Figaro - Teatro Real Madrid - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Christian Schmidt, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Werther - Opera Bastille - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Opera:
Peter Grimes - Royal Opera House - Director: Deborah Warner, Set Designer: Michael Levine, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Teatro Real Madrid - Director: Deborah Warner, Set Designer: Christoph Hetzer, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Die Jüdin von Toledo - Semperoper Dresden - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Werther - Festspielehaus Baden Baden - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
The Strangers - Oper Köln - Director: Maria Lamont, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Ariodante - Opéra National de Paris - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Peter Grimes - Teatro Real Madrid / Opéra National de Paris / Opera di Roma - Director: Deborah Warner, Set Designer: Michael Levine, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Julius Caesar - Opera di Roma - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo - Theater an der Wien - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria - Teatro Maggio Fiorentino / Teatro della Pergola - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
L’elisir d’amore - Opera Zuid - Director: Marcos Derbyshire, Set Designer: Amber Vandenhoeck, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Les Vêpres Siciliennes - Opera di Roma - Director: Valentina Carrasco, Set Designer: Richard Peduzzi, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Oceane - Deutsche Oper Berlin - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Luis F. Carvalho, Costume Designer: Dorothea Katzer
Idomeneo - Teatro Real Madrid - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Carmen - Wuppertal Oper - Director: Candice Edmunds, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Ein Maskenball - Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden - Director: Beka Savic, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Un Ballo in Maschera - Opera National de Lorraine - Director: Waut Koeken, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Elektra - Teatro National São Carlos - Director: Nicola Raab, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Carmen - Opera di Roma - Director: Valentina Carrasco, Set Designer: Samal Blak, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
La Fanciulla del West - Teatro alla Scala - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
La Boheme - Opera Zuid - Director: Waut Koeken, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Turn of the Screw - Opera National du Rhin - Director: Robert Carsen, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Romeo & Juliet - Rose Theatre - Director: Sophie Gilpin, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Giulio Cesare - Stand d’ete Moutier - Director: Bruno Ravella, Set Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Theatre:
Antigone - INDA Siracusa - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Edipo a Colono - INDA Siracusa - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Jedermann - Salzburgfestspiele - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Cabaret - Lido de Paris - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Edipo Re - INDA Siracusa - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Karl For Ever - Le Grand Palais Paris - Director & Designer: Robert Carsen, Assistant Set Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Out of Blixen - The Printroom - Director: Kathryn Hunter, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Scherzo - The Printroom - Director: Tage Larsen, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Penelope X - Macedonia Opera & Ballet - Director: Mia Theil Have, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Insomnia - Park Theatre - Director Tage Larsen, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
The Human Voice - Trafalgar Studios - Director: Eduardo Barreto, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
We are Shadows - Spitalfields Music Festival - Director: Mia Theil Have, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Juicy Bits - Lyric Hammersmith - - Director: Sarah Davey, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Dance:
Lady MacBeth - Dutch National Ballet - Choreographer: Helen Pickett, Director: James Bonas, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Run Mary Run - Sadlers Wells - Choreographer: Arthur Pita, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Profili - Bloomsbury Theatre - Choreographer: Genau, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Hongkong Depression 1999 - The Place Theatre - Choreographer: Shangai Surbir, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Quirk - The Place Theatre - Choreographer: Genau, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
TV & Video:
BBC Proms 10 Pieces 2017 - Royal Albert Hall - Directer: Paul Bullock, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Fall Forever - Roy Grant Music Video - Creative Directors: Julian Langham & Luis F. Carvalho
BBC Proms 10 Pieces 2016 - Royal Albert Hall - Director: Paul Bullock, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Close Up - Dance Short - - Director: Gianluca Bonomo, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Installation - Performance:
I Do! - Guimaraes Noc Noc Festival 2013 - Creative Directors: Luis F. Carvalho, Werner Marx, Rebecca Bogue & Ana Araujo
Darkroom - Guimaraes Capitol Culture of Europe 2012 - Created by Luis F. Carvalho