Romeo and Juliet

From: Caracas, Venezuela. LA Opera: Romeo and Juliet (2024, debut).

Domingo Hindoyan is the Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and is one of today’s most exciting and celebrated conductors.

Domingo enjoys a vibrant career leading acclaimed ensembles and orchestras around the world including conducted productions at the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Staatsoper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Swedish Opera, Royal Opera House Muscat, Liceu Opera Barcelona and Dresden Semperoper.

Aside from his ongoing work with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo has conducted Orchestre National de France, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Detroit Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. 

Domingo has also conducted concerts and operas at many renowned festivals, such as the Menuhin Festival Gstaad and as a regular guest at the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier.

Highlights of season 2023/24 included an acclaimed tour of Japan with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, in the USA concerts with the Boston Symphony, LA Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and in Europe with the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.

Now in his fourth season as Chief Conductor with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo's concert highlights will include Mahler’s First and Third, and the next installment of his exploration of Bruckner’s symphonies, this time taking on the Ninth. He will also make long awaited debuts with BBC Symphony Orchestra and Houston Symphony.

In addition, Domingo returns to the Wiener Staatsoper, whilst making his debut at both LA Opera and Paris Opera.

From: Cali, Colombia. LA Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (2022, debut); The Rape of Lucretia (2023); The Last Dream of Frida and Diego (2023); Fire and Blue Sky (2025); Dracula: The Spanish Version (2024); Romeo and Juliet (2024); Angel Blue concert (2025); Ainadamar (2025). She became Resident Conductor in 2022.

Praised for her “rich, heartfelt orchestral sound” (Chicago Sun-Times), “rhythmic vitality” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “raw power” (Los Angeles Times), Colombian-American Lina González-Granados has distinguished herself nationally and internationally as a singularly-talented young conductor. Her powerful interpretations of the symphonic and operatic repertoire, as well as her dedication to highlighting new and unknown works by Latin-American composers, have earned her international recognition, most recently being named part of Bloomberg Línea’s 100 Influential Latinos of 2022. She is also the recipient of the 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the Third Prize and ECHO Special Award (European Concert Hall Organization) of La Maestra Competition, as well as the 2020 and 2021 Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award.

After winning the Fourth Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition, Lina was named the Solti Conducting Apprentice, and served as the assistant to Maestro Riccardo Muti, from February 2020 through June 2023. In 2022, she was appointed Resident Conductor by the LA Opera, a post she will hold through June 2025. She has also previously held positions as the Inaugural Conducting Fellow of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Conducting fellow of the Seattle Symphony.

Lina’s 2023/24 season had her leading performances across the globe, including debuts with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, I Musici de Montreal, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, New World Symphony, Euskadio Orkestra, and the San Antonio Philharmonic. She also returned to LA Opera to conduct several performances, including El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, by Grammy Award-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, as well as the world premiere of Joel Thompson's orchestral song cycle Fire and Blue Sky. Lina also returned to Chicago to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Learn more at LinaGonzalezGranados.com.

Read a feature article about her here.

Read the LA Times review of her 2022 LA Philharmonic debut here.

From: Southport, England. LA Opera: Tosca (1989, debut; revived five times); Madama Butterfly (1991; revived three times); The Marriage of Figaro (2004, revived three times); Roméo et Juliette (2005, 2011, 2024); Don Carlo (2006, 2018); Tannhäuser (2007); The Stigmatized (2010).

Ian Judge first joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1975. His productions there include The Wizard of Oz, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour's Lost, Twelfth Night, A Christmas Carol, The Relapse, Troilus and Cressida and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Theatrical credits elsewhere include The Rivals and King Lear at the Old Vic; Banana Ridge, One For The Pot and Peter Pan at the Shaw Festival in Canada; Macbeth for the Sydney Theatre Company; and Henry VIII and Love for Love for Chichester Festival Theatre.

Opera repertoire includes Madama Butterfly, Tosca, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Carlo, Roméo et Juliette, Tannhäuser and The Stigmatized (LA Opera); The Tales of Hoffmann (Sydney, Houston, Opera Pacific); Faust, The Merry Widow, Cav/Pag, La Belle Vivette, Don Quixote, Mefistofele (English National Opera, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires); The Flying Dutchman, Simon Boccanegra (Royal Opera House Covent Garden); Simon Boccanegra (Washington, Dallas); Macbeth (Cologne) and Faust, Tosca, Macbeth, Boris Godunov, Acis and Galatea and Attila (Opera North); Norma (Scottish Opera, Buhnen Graz); La Bohème (Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg), The Mikado (Savoy Theatre), Salome (New York City Opera); Falstaff (Theatre du Châtelet in Paris); and Tannhäuser (Madrid).

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From: Ashland, Ohio. LA Opera: choreographer for Roméo et Juliette (2005, debut; 2011, 2024); La Traviata (2006, 2009, 2014, 2019); Don Carlo (2006, 2018); La Rondine (2008); Lucia di Lammermoor (2014, 2022); The Tales of Hoffmann (2017); The Marriage of Figaro (2023). The 2024 staging of Roméo et Juliette will mark her company debut as director.

Kitty McNamee is an artist, a creator and, most importantly, a collaborator. 

Her unique approach to direction and choreography was declared by Dance Magazine to possess “an outsize talent for that most elusive gift, originality.” Kitty’s dance films have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide. 

Kitty has a long and fruitful relationship with the LA Philharmonic, where she has choreographed, directed, and developed new productions including Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Wing on Wing, Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Ellington/Nutcracker with Gustavo Dudamel and many more.  

Opera work includes Turandot, The Marriage of Figaro, Romeo et Juliette, La Traviata, Don Carlo, La Rondine, Lucia di Lammermoor and The Tales of Hoffmann for LA Opera, San Francisco Opera , San Diego Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Theater credits include Colony Collapse (Boston Court), Sense and Sensibility (South Coast Rep), The Fantasticks (Pasadena Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (LA Phil/Disney Hall), Man of LaMancha (Reprise!) and Sondheim’s 75th (Hollywood Bowl). 

She moves effortlessly between her work for the stage and campaigns for Target, Adobe MAX, Zimmerman, Mercedes Benz, Grey Ant and Uniglo. 

Learn more at KittyMcNamee.com.

From: Billericay, Essex, England. LA Opera: Tosca (1989, debut; revived five times), Madama Butterfly (1991, revived three times), Albert Herring (1992), Roméo et Juliette (2005, 2011, 2024), Don Carlo (2006, 2018).

John Gunter (1938-2016) trained at the Central School of Art and Design in London. After working as resident designer for the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and for the the Schauspielhaus in Zurich he pursued an increasingly busy freelance career in Britain and abroad. He became head of design at the Royal National Theatre in 1988 and was associate designer there from 1990 to 1993.

He designed numerous productions including Edward Bond's Saved, Storey's The Contractor and Hampton's The Philanthropist at the Royal Court and West of Suez, Juno and the Paycock (nominated for a SWET Award) for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He participated in many Shakespeare productions both in Stratford and London. His work at the Royal National Theatre began in the 1970s with productions that included Chris Morahan's Wild Honey, Sir Richard Eyre's Guys and Dolls (each winning him a SWET Award) and David Hare's Skylight. Many of these plays and musicals transferred to the West End and to Broadway, where his work was regularly featured since the 1960s. Other USA productions have included work with the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles.

In parallel with his career in spoken theater, John Gunter designed many operas on three continents. He worked at Glyndebourne with Sir Peter Hall on the 1985 production of Britten’s Albert Herring. His designs for The Marriage of Figaro opened the new theater there in 1994 and Porgy and Bess for Sir Trevor Nunn was seen on television (winning an Emmy Award). Work at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, included Simon Boccanegra and The Flying Dutchman. At the English National Opera his productions included Sir John in Love (2006), Faust, Don Quichotte and Mefistofele. Other productions included Peter Grimes (Salzburg Easter Festival 2005) in addition to work with the San Francisco Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Buenos Aires Opera and Australian Opera.

From: Guildford, England. LA Opera: scenery for The Marriage of Figaro (debut, 2004; revived three times); costumes for Roméo et Juliette (2005, 2011, 2024), Don Carlo (2006, 2018).

A three-time Olivier Award winner, he has designed scenery and costumes for stage, television and film. He has designed over 75 productions for the West End and 20 productions for the New Shakespeare Company. In 1988 he designed the first Anglo- Soviet production of Swan Lake for the Moscow Classical Ballet, seen in Moscow, London, the U.S. and Japan. He designed the ballet A Simple Man for BBC2, which won the 1987 BAFTA Award, and costumes for the film The Little Prince.

Projects include God Looked Away at the Pasadena Playhouse, the West End production and U.S. tour of the musical We Will Rock You, the West End premiere of Elf: The Musical, the London premiere of Putting It Together and The Nutcracker for the Houston Ballet Company.

From: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. LA Opera: Tancredi (1989, debut); 36 productions to date including, most recently, Hansel and Gretel (2018), Cinderella (2021) and Tosca (2022). Upcoming: Romeo and Juliet (2024).

Duane Schuler has achieved national and international acclaim as a theatrical lighting designer. He has designed for the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Salzburg Festival, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Seattle Opera, and American Ballet Theatre. His extensive work with LA Opera includes Simon Boccanegra, Manon, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Ariadne auf Naxos, Rigoletto and Tristan und Isolde. He is a founding partner of the theater planning and architectural lighting design firm Schuler Shook.

From: Glendive, Montana. LA Opera: He became Chorus Director in 2022, after working on over 75 productions as associate chorus director and/or assistant conductor. He is a coach for the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program.

Since joining LA Opera in 2007, he has served as associate chorus director (since 2011) and assistant conductor, and he has worked closely with the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. Before becoming Chorus Director, he previously directed the LA Opera Chorus for the Plácido Domingo 50th Anniversary Concert (2017) and for The Clemency of Titus (2019). One of his generation’s most respected pianists and vocal coaches, he has collaborated with major opera houses throughout the United States. He has assisted in the preparation of operas and vocal chamber music at the LA Philharmonic. As a pianist, he has partnered with Sondra Radvanovsky, J'Nai Bridges, Eric Owens, Brandon Jovanovich, Rodell Rosel, Dolora Zajick, Kate Lindsey and Susan Graham. He accompanied Joyce DiDonato at the 54th Grammy Awards, the first time the ceremony featured a performance by a classical singer.

In partnership with the Getty Villa and LACMA in Los Angeles and the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., he has curated multimedia recitals which draw connections between the classical vocal repertoire and special exhibits in the museums. He is a frequent collaborator at Wolf Trap Opera as an assistant conductor, chorus master and recitalist. He has been a guest coach at the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen, in Esterhazy, Austria, and he helped prepare Seattle Opera’s Ring cycle in 2013. He has been a guest faculty member for young artist programs at Utah Opera and Seattle Opera, and he is a part-time lecturer in vocal arts and opera at the University of Southern California. (JeremyMFrank.com)