Omar Kodaimi (left), 17, and Koutaiba Al Rahmoon, 20, during the make-up. Omar and Koutaiba are two of six Syrians on the cast of a recent production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlos by opera company Zukunft Kultur.

Omar Kodaimi (left), 17, and Koutaiba Al Rahmoon, 20, during the make-up. Omar and Koutaiba are two of six Syrians on the cast of a recent production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlos by opera company Zukunft Kultur.