At a burning of heretics, Carlos leads a group of Flemish deputies to Philippe. She swears to expose him, and Rodrigue threatens to kill her, but Carlos prevents him. Philippe warns Rodrigue to beware the Inquisition and asks him to watch Élisabeth and Carlos.Ĭarlos arrives to meet Élisabeth, but when he discovers that it is actually Eboli, he rejects her. Élisabeth enters, followed by Carlos, who declares his love. Eboli entertains the ladies of the court with a song. Their happiness ends with news that Élisabeth is instead to marry King Philippe, Carlos’s father.Ĭarlos confesses to Rodrigue his love for the new queen, and they swear eternal friendship. Verdi’s masterpiece receives a monumental new staging by David McVicar that marks his 11th Met production, placing him among the most prolific and popular directors in recent Met memory.ĭon Carlos meets Élisabeth, and they fall in love. Bass-baritones Eric Owens and John Relyea are Philippe II and the Grand Inquisitor, and baritone Étienne Dupuis rounds out the principal cast as Rodrigue. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a starry cast, including tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois, and mezzosoprano Elina Garanca as Eboli. Plan to come early as Russell Fox will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before the production.įor the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. a live simulcast as it is happening at the Met.
The season will continue with Giuseppe Verdi’s “Don Carlos” on Saturday, March 26. Fisher Theatre is honored to be the home for the Met Live Opera programs for the 2021-2022 season, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. PBS is set to present a number of other works from the Met Opera stage including “Turandot,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and “Hamlet.The Mary D. This opening duet established a relationship that became the center of the opera and which one felt most aligned with.” Dupuis gave Polenzani’s Carlos valor as he was forced to accept the loss of Elisabeth. During the duet ‘Le voilà! C’est l’Infant!,’ the two sang with ringing voices and strength. The review noted that Dupuis was the standout and “the baritone established his kinship with Matthew Polenzani’s Don Carlos with tenderness and a loving embrace. Of the production, OperaWire’s Francisco Salazar noted that while the production did not really present the “original” French version of the opera, it yielded solid performances from its leads.
The Verdi opera stars Sonya Yoncheva, Jamie Barton, Matthew Polenzani, Eric Owens, John Relyea, and Étienne Dupuis. PBS has announced that it will start broadcasting the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of “Don Carlos” on Sunday, August 7, 2022.
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