Luis F. Carvalho is a production designer whose work spans the worlds of opera, theatre, dance, video and installation.
Recent projects include ‘Jedermann’ (Salzburgfestspiele), ‘Edipo a Colono’ (Fondazione INDA), ‘Lady Macbeth’ Het Nationale Ballet, ‘Peter Grimes’ (Opera di Roma)
Upcoming Projects
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Teatro Real Madrid - Director: Deborah Warner, Set Designer: Christoph Hetzer, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Peter Grimes - Royal Opera House - Director: Deborah Warner, Set Designer: Michael Levine, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Antigone - INDA Siracusa - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
L’Incoronazione di Poppea - Teatro Ponchielli Cremona - Director: Robert Carsen, Set & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
The Marriage of Figaro - Teatro Real Madrid - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Christian Schmidt, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho
Opera:
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:
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