Cast

Philip II - Dong-Jian Gong
Don Carlo - Warren Mok
Rodrigo - Philip Cutlip
The Grand Inquisitor -
Jamie Offenbach
Elisabeth de Valois -
Fabiana Bravo
Princess Eboli -Jessie Raven
Tebaldo, Elisabeth's page -
Amy Healy
The Count of Lerma-
Kawika McGuire
An Old Monk - John Mount
Celestial Voice - Malia Ka'ai, Winnie So, Kristin Stone

Production

Conductor - Ivan Törzs
Director - Henry Akina
Scenic and Lighting Designer - Peter Dean Beck
Wig & Make-up Designer - Richard Stead
Costumer - Helen Rodgers
Stage Manager - Tim Yakimec
Chorus Co-Directors - Beebe Freitas & Nola Nahulu
HOT Chorus
 

Sponsors

Mahalo to this year's sponsors.

by Giuseppe Verdi

Cast & Production

For the first time in HOT’s nearly 50-year history, Don Carlo took the stage for a truly monumental production in spectacular style. It premiered new sets and costumes for an international co-production of Don Carlo with several opera companies:  Opera Hong Kong, Vancouver Opera and the Florentine Opera. It was the first time the United States, China and Canada joined in an artistic endeavor of this magnitude.

“The enormous resources for scenic spectacle, as well as the expanded forces needed for chorus and costumes, are often too overwhelming for regional theatres,” said Henry Akina, HOT’s General and Artistic Director, who directed the production. “HOT’s expansion into this challenging large-scale repertoire was very exciting. We were so proud to offer such a rare opportunity for our audience to experience this work.”

The title role was performed by Warren Mok, who last thrilled Honolulu opera patrons with his riveting portrayal of Calaf in HOT’s Turandot (2005). Dong-Jian Gong made his HOT stage debut as King Philip II of Spain. Fabiana Bravo appeared in  the role of Elisabetta.