During the 2025-26 season at HGO, Carlos J Soto serves as the costume designer for Messiah. Previously for the company, he was the costume designer for Intelligence (2023). Upcoming engagements include two projects for Opera Philadelphia this season—The Seasons (costume design) and The Black Clown (scenic and costume design)—and a production of Cinderella at La Monnaie, Brussels. Soto is a New York City-based designer and creative director. Recent works include Robin Hood: A Beast Ballad; The Seasons at the Schauspielhaus Zürich; La Calisto at Boston Lyric Opera and Glimmerglass Opera; Tosca at Wermland Opera; L'Orfeo and Tristan und Isolde at Santa Fe Opera; Perle Noire (dir. Peter Sellars) at De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam; Proximity: A Trio of New American Operas at Lyric Opera of Chicago; Valkyries at Detroit Opera; and 6 Solos at Festival d’Automne. Soto has collaborated closely with Robert Wilson since 1997. Since 2017, he has collaborated closely with Solange Knowles as creative director and designer.