Gene Allen (Lord Capulet). Prized for his strong bass voice, Mr. Allen has performed with SOT since 2018, portraying King Duncan and Old Siward in Macbeth (2024), Lodovico in Othello (2022), King Claudius in Hamlet (2020), Lord Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (2019), and covering Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors (2018 and 2022). Since 2020, he has served as an Executive Producer with SOT. Gene retired from federal government contracting in September, 2024, and lives in Ashburn, Virginia.