Opera: “The Clemency of Titus”

Russell Thomas, left, as Titus, emperor of Rome, and Guanqun Yu, right, as Vitellia, daughter of the deposed emperor, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Guanqun Yu, left, as Vitellia, daughter of the deposed emperor; James Creswell as Public, captain of the guard; Janai Brugger as Servilia, Sesto’s sister; and Taylor Raven as Annio, Sesto’s friend, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Elizabeth DeShong, left, as Sesto, a young Roman patrician, and Taylor Raven as Annio, Sesto’s friend, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Russell Thomas as Titus, emperor of Rome, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Russell Thomas, right, as Titus, emperor of Rome, and Guanqun Yu, second from right, as Vitellia, daughter of the deposed emperor, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Janai Brugger, left, as Servilia, Sesto’s sister, and Guanqun Yu as Vitellia, daughter of the deposed emperor, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Russell Thomas as Titus, emperor of Rome, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

James Creswell, right, as Publio, captain of the guard, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Elizabeth DeShong, left, as Sesto, a young Roman patrician, and Guanqun Yu, right, as Vitellia, daughter of the deposed emperor, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Elizabeth DeShong, left, as Sesto, a young Roman patrician, and Guanqun Yu, right, as Vitellia, daughter of the deposed emperor, in the opera “The Clemency of Titus” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.