Four days later on February 28 the Metropolitan Opera presented for the first time the original French version of Verdi’s Don Carlos, as composed for Paris in 1867, extending over five acts that lasted almost five hours at the Met. On February 24 Russia invaded Ukraine with infantry, tanks, and missile attacks, shredding the post-Cold War international order in an enterprise of savage aggression. One thing is clear: If you have the endurance to take on such a lengthy work, you’ll be seeing a bit of operatic history.“Sauve la Flandre!”: Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera Of particular note is the performance of Polenzani, whose portrayal of the title character “is not the swaggering, trumpeting Franco Corelli-style tenor generally associated with the part – though he rises, stylishly, to fiery intensity – but rather a vocalist of refinement, inwardness and melancholy.” Writing in the New York Times, critic Zachary Woolfe praised Nézet-Séguin’s conception – “long-breathed, patient, light-textured” – that he says “embodies the vast elegance of French grand opera.” Verdi based the work on Friedrich Schiller’s stage play “Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien.” Under the music direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the production features the voices of tenor Matthew Polenzani, soprano Sonya Yoncheva and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton.įirst performed in 1867 in Paris, the opera has been performed over the centuries in various forms in both French and Italian.
This is The Met’s first presentation of the full five-act French version of Verdi’s opera. Two second showings at Northtown only will begin on Wednesday at noon and at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, at Regal’s Northtown Mall and Riverstone Stadium in Coeur d’Alene. The 5-hour-and-15-minute event will begin at 9 a.m. The Met Live in HD will screen its production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Don Carlos” three times over the next few days. Above: The Met Live in HD presents Verdi's "Don Carlos" on Saturday and Wednesday.
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