jose r
Hair & Makeup Artist Based in London & Europe
2026 UPDATES
Filming - Upcoming feature film - London & Europe. Hair and Makeup
Samson et Dalila - Royal Ballet and Opera. Supervisor, Wigs and Makeup
Jose is a hairstylist, wig specialist, and makeup artist with over a decade’s experience at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London, where he works as a supervisor on world-class opera productions. His practice extends across theatre, film, television, and music, bringing a refined blend of technical precision and artistic flair to every project.
Leading Women
World-Class Performance Expertise: Jose currently serves as a Supervisor and Senior Technician for Wigs and Make-Up at the Royal Opera House, London, executing hair and make-up for 20–30 new and repertory productions annually, including work for live and cinematic filming.
Leading Men
Jose's international career spans the UK, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and across Europe, including Royal Opera House tours in Japan (Tokyo and Osaka). As a freelance creative, Jose has collaborated on productions internationally, and also works as an educator and consultant with leading industry brands such as Bumble and bumble.
Wigs & prosthetics
Jose’s international career spans multiple artistic disciplines, marked by an unwavering commitment to the highest professional standards. He brings proven expertise to every project, specializing in wig design and construction, prosthetics, period hairstyling, and diverse hair textures.
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Eri Nakamura as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, The Royal Opera ©2022 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton
Brenda Rae as Queen of the Night in David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, The Royal Opera Season 2021/22. ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper
Pretty Yende as Violetta Valéry and Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo Germont in Richard Eyre's production of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata, The Royal Opera Season 2021/22. ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton
Lisette Oropesa as Violetta Valéry and Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo Germont in Richard Eyre's production of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata, The Royal Opera Season 2021/22. ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton
Julia Bullock as Theodora in Katie Mitchell's production of Handel's Theodora, The Royal Opera Season 2021/22. © Camilla Greenwell
Maria Agresta as Lucrezia Contarini in Thaddeus Strassberger's Royal Opera production of I due Foscari, 2014. © ROH. Catherine Ashmore, 2014
Blaise Malaba as Montano in Keith Warner’s production of Verdi’s Otello, The Royal Opera Season 2021/22. The Royal Opera ©2022 ROH. Photograph by Clive Barda
Roberto Alagna as Andrea Chénier in David McVicar's production of Giordano's Andrea Chénier, The Royal Opera Season 2018/19. © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore.
SeokJong Baek as Samson in Samson et Dalila, The Royal Opera © 2026 Mihaela Bodlovic. Photograph by Mihaela Bodlovic
Markus Butter as Gunther in Keith Warner's production of Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, The Royal Opera Season 2018/2019 The Royal Opera ©2018 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper
Erwin Schrott as Baron Scarpia in Jonathan Kent's production of Tosca. The Royal Opera Season 2021/22. ©ROH 2022 Clive Barda
Production photo of David McVicar's production of Gounod's Faust, The Royal Opera Season 2018/19 © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton
SeokJong Baek as Samson in rehearsal for Richard Jones’s production of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila, The Royal Opera Season 2021/22. The Royal Opera ©Camilla Greenwell, 2022
Poster shoot of Adele Thomas’s production of Handel’s Berenice, The Royal Opera © 2018 Damien Frost. Photograph by Damien Frost
Carlos Álvarez as Simon Boccanegra in Elijah Moshinsky's production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, The Royal Opera Season 2018/2019. The Royal Opera © 2018 ROH. Photograph by Clive Barda