Luis F. Carvalho is a production designer whose work spans the worlds of opera, theatre, dance, video and installation. 

Recent projects include Jedermann (Salzburgfestspiele), Die Jüdin von Toledo (Semperoper Dresden), Wether (Baden baden Festspiele), Ariodante (Opera National de Paris), Peter Grimes (Opera National de Paris).

Upcoming Projects

Lady MacBeth - Dutch National Ballet - Choreographer: Helen Pickett, Director: James Bonas, Designer: Luis F. Carvalho

Edipo a Colono - INDA Siracusa - Director: Robert Carsen, Set Designer: Radu Borozescu, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho

Peter Grimes - Royal Opera House - Director: Deborah Warner, Set Designer: Michael Levine, Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho

Ariodante - Opéra National de Paris - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho

Cosi fan Tutte - Teatro alla Scala - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & 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, Designer: Luis F. Carvalho

Ariodante - Opéra National de Paris - Director/Set Designer: Robert Carsen, Co-Set Designer & Costume Designer: Luis F. Carvalho

Peter Grimes - Opéra National de Paris - 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

Peter Grimes - Teatro Real Madrid - Director: Deborah Warner, Set Designer: Michael Levine, 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, Designer: Luis F. Carvalho

Carmen - Wuppertal Oper - Directed by Candice Edmunds

Ein Maskenball - Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden - Directed by Beka Savic

Un Ballo in Maschera - Opera National de Lorraine - Directed by Waut Koeken

Elektra - Teatro National Sao Carlos - Directed by Nicola Raab

Carmen - Opera di Roma - Directed by Valentina Carrasco

La Fanciulla del West - Teatro alla Scala - Directed by Robert Carsen

La Boheme - Opera Zuid - Directed by Waut Koeken

Turn of the Screw - Opera National du Rhin - Directed by Robert Carsen

Romeo & Juliet - Rose Theatre - Directed by Sophie Gilpin

Giulio Cesare - Stand d’ete Moutier - Directed by Bruno Ravella

 

Theatre:

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 - Directed by Robert Carsen

Out of Blixen - The Printroom - Directed by Kathryn Hunter

Scherzo - The Printroom - Directed by Tage Larsen

Penelope X - Macedonia Opera & Ballet - Directed by Mia Theil Have

Insomnia - Park Theatre - Directed by Tage Larsen

The Human Voice - Trafalgar Studios - Directed by Eduardo Barreto

We are Shadows - Spitalfields Music Festival - Directed by Mia Theil Have

Juicy Bits - Lyric Hammersmith - - Directed by Sarah Davey

 

Dance:

Run Mary Run - Sadlers Wells - Choreographed by Arthur Pita

Profili - Bloomsbury Theatre - Choreographed by Genau

Hongkong Depression 1999 - The Place Theatre - Choreographed by Shangai Surbir

Quirk - The Place Theatre - Choreographed by Genau

 

TV & Video:

BBC Proms 10 Pieces 2017 - Royal Albert Hall - Directed by Paul Bullock

Fall Forever - Roy Grant Music Video - Directed by Julian Langham & Luis F. Carvalho

BBC Proms 10 Pieces 2016 - Royal Albert Hall - Directed by Paul Bullock

Close Up - Dance Short - - Directed by Gianluca Bonomo

 

Installation - Performance:

I Do! - Guimaraes Noc Noc Festival 2013 - Created by Luis F. Carvalho, Werner Marx, Rebecca Bogue & Ana Araujo

Darkroom - Guimaraes Capitol Culture of Europe 2012 - - Created by Luis F. Carvalho