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Jose designs and creates character hair and makeup for lead performers in opera and ballet for the stage. He collaborates closely with each performer to understand the requirements of the role, both physical and emotional, to create a final look which represents fully the vision of the creative team behind each production.
Kristine Opolais as Floria Tosca in Tosca, The Royal Opera © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore
Willard W. White as The Commendatore in Kasper Holten's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, The Royal Opera Season 2017/2018 © 2018 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper
Kristina Mkhitaryan as Violetta Valéry in La traviata, The Royal Opera ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton
Brenda Rae as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, The Royal Opera ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper
Joyce DiDonato in David Alden's Royal Opera production of Rossini's Semiramide, 2017 © 2017, ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper.
Olga Peretyatko as Norina in Damiano Michieletto’s production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, The Royal Opera Season 2019/20 © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Clive Barda
Elena Zilio as Grandmother Buryjovka in Jenůfa, The Royal Opera ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Monika Rittershaus
Joyce DiDonato as Charlotte in Werther in Benoît Jacquot’s production of Jules Massenet’s Werther, The Royal Opera Season 2015/16 © 2016 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper
achel Willis-Sørensen as Donna Anna and Pavol Breslik as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, The Royal Opera © 2018 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper
Barbara Hannigan as Isabel in Katie Mitchell's production of George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's Lessons in Love and Violence, The Royal Opera Season 2017/2018 © 2018 ROH. Photograph by Stephen Cummiskey
Ismael Jordi as Leicester in Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser's production of Gaetano Donizetti's Maria Stuarda. The Royal Opera 2013/14 © Bill Cooper / ROH 2014
Brenda Rae as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, The Royal Opera ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper
Hongni Wu as Flora Bervoix, Kristina Mkhitaryan as Violetta Valéry and Simon Shibambu as Doctor Grenvil in La traviata, The Royal Opera ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton.
Main image: Brenda Rae as Queen of the Night, Michael Colvin as Monostatos, Stephanie Wake-Edwards as Third Lady, Alexandra Lowe as First Lady and Hanna Hipp as Second Lady in The Magic Flute, The Royal Opera ©2021 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper
David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, The Royal Opera Season 2021/22.