Don Carlos
Grand opera in Five Acts
13th April 2012
Houston Grand Opera, Texas
Don Carlos
| Composed by | Giuseppe Verdi |
| Text by | Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle |
| Based on Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by | Friedrich Schiller |
Creative Team
| Conductor | Patrick Summers |
| Director | John Caird |
| Set Designer | Johan Engels |
| Costume Designer | Carl Friedrich Oberle |
| Lighting Designer | Nigel Levings |
| Choreographer | Denni Sayers |
| Chorus Master | RIchard Bado |
| Musical Preparation | Peter Pasztor / Craig Kier / Bénédicte Jourdois / Patrick Harvey |
| Language Consultant | Pierre Vallet |
| Recording Engineer | Marlan Barry |
| Stage Manager | Jessica Mullins |
| Assistant Manager / Assistant Choreographer | Tim Claydon |
| Subtitle Translation by | Simon Rees |
| Adapted by | Mena Mark Hanna |
Cast
| In order of vocal appearance | |
| A Forester | Mark Diamond |
| Elisabeth de Valois | Tamara Wilson |
| Don Carlos | Brandon Jovanovich |
| Thibault | Lauren Snouffer |
| Count Lerme | Boris Dyakov |
| The Spirit of Charles V | Oren Gradus |
| Rodrigue | Scott Hendricks |
| Princess Eboli | Christine Goerke |
| Philippe II | Andrea Silvestrelli |
| Royal Herald | Scott Quinn |
| A Celestial Voice | Brittany Wheeler |
| The Grand Inquisitor | Samuel Ramey |
| Countess Aremberg | Judith Irvington |
Chorus
| Chorus Master | Richard Bado |
| Assistant Chorus Master | Craig Kier |
| Chorus | Ofelia Adame / Geordie Alexander / Debra Alons / Dennis Arrowsmith / G. Leslie Biffle / Michel Bigelow / Jeffery Bosworth / Sean Brabant / David J. Bracken / Eileen Buerkert / Sandra Tye Campbell / Christina Carlucci / Christopher Childress / Jesse Christen / Cheryl D. Clansy / Justin Coffey / Sybil Elizabeth Crawford / Carrie Deorsam / Robert Dingman, Jr. / David Ekstrom / Sean P. Elgin / Donald Figg / Ami Figg / Lisa Fjoslien / Natasha Flores / Brian M. Gibbs / Laurelle Gowing / Nancy L. Hall / Sarah Jane Hardin / Derek W. Henry / Douglas E. Henshaw / Adian M. Hernandez / Frankie Hickman / Sasha Holloway / Grover E. Holst / David Brooks Horn / Jawan CM Jenkins / James R. Jennings / Joy Jonstone / Joe Key / Maria Annette Khoobyar / Rebecca Kier / Kirsten Koerner / Alejandro Magallón / Keenan Manceaux / Rahki DeShon Marcelous / Antonio Martinez / Leah Matthews / Katherine McDaniel / Jeff Monette / Gary V. Navy / Carey M. O'Rarden / Millie Harmon Osborne / Cristino Perez / Steven Ponder / Daniel Prunaru Reagan / Anneka Quellhort / Jessica S. Richards / Erika Rodden / Alejandro Salvia / Michael J. Sawyer / Erica Schoelkopf / Paul Joseph Serna / Kade Smith / Brian Speck / John Stevens / Leigh Tomlinson / Leanne E. Vencil / Rochelle Rose Waddill / John Weinel / Alisa White / Jennifer Wright |
Supernumeraries
| Supernumeraries | Brandon Balque / Jenny Hoofnagle / Judith Irvington / Jack Ivy / Brandan Kankel / Renilda Kisanto / Kenneth Pleasant / Bryan Sutton |
Orchestra
| Conductor / Artistic and Music Director | Patrick Summers |
| Violin / Concertmaster | Denise Tarrant |
| Violin / Assistant Concertmaster | Jonathan Godfrey |
| Principal Second Violin | Erica Robinson |
| Assistant Principal Second Violin | Carrie Kauk |
| Violin | Miriam Belyatsky / Rasa Kalesnykaite / Hae-a Lee / Chavdar Parashkevov / Anabel Ramirez / Mary Reed / Linda Sanders / Oleg Sulyga / Dorian Vandenberg-Rodes / Sylvia VerMeulen / Aloysia Friedmann / Andres Gonzalez / Sonja M Harasim / Quan Jiang / Kana Kimura / Maria Lin / Fiona Lofthouse / Mila Neal |
| Principal Viola | Eliseo Rene Salazar |
| Assistant Principal Viola | Lorento Golofeev |
| Viola | Mary Fulgham / Gayle Garcia-Shepard / Erika Lawson / Suzanne LeFevre / Elizabeth Charles / Dawson White |
| Principal Cello | Barrett Sills |
| Assistant Principal Cello | Louis-Marie Fardet |
| Cello | Erika Johnson / Wendy Smith-Butler / Steven Wiggs / Steve Estes |
| Principal Double Bass | Dennis Whittaker |
| Assistant Principle Double Bass | Erik Grantor |
| Double Bass | Carla Clark / Deborah Dunham |
| Principal Flute | Mercedes Smith |
| Flute | Christina Medawar |
| Piccolo | Melissa Suhr |
| Principal Oboe | Elizabeth Priestly Siffert |
| Oboe | Robin Hough |
| Principal Clarinet | Carol Stinson |
| Clarinet | Eric Chi |
| Principal Bassoon | Karl Vilcins |
| Acting Principal Bassoon | Thomas DeWitt |
| Bassoon | Galina Kiep / Joseph Grimmer / Michael Matushek |
| Principal French Horn | Sarah Cranston |
| French Horn | Kimberly Penrod Minson / Kevin McIntyre / Gavin Reed |
| Principal Trumpet | Jim Vassallo |
| Trumpet | Randal Adams / Erin Thomas / George Chase |
| Principal Trombone | Thomas Hultén |
| Trombone | Mark Holley |
| Bass Trombone | Ilan Morgenstern |
| Principal Cimbasso | Mark Barton |
| Principal Harp | Joan Eidman |
| Principal Timpani | Nancy Nelson |
| Principal Percussion | Richard Brown |
| Percussion | Christina Carroll |
| Banda | |
| French Horn | James Wilson / Chris Shelburne / Deborah Rathke / Pam Burleson |
| Harp | Joan Eidman |
| Organ | Patrick Harvey |
| Orchestra Personnel Manager | Richard Brown |