Crowley dug deep into the repository of Christian kitsch with sets that sometimes looked like the sort of devotional souvenirs sold to pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela. “I like Jesus and fire, so I was pretty much on board.”Ī taste for the more lurid expressions of Catholic devotion may be required to fully appreciate this Don Carlo, which premiered at Covent Garden two years ago, directed by Nicholas Hytner, director of London’s National Theater and designed by Bob Crowley, an Irishman. “I liked it,” replied the other, a pallid youth with longish blond hair. Moments before, Philip II had dispatched a bloodied band of heretics to the stake in a gory auto-da-fé. “How was it for you?” a young man asked his companion as they lined up at the bar during the second intermission of Monday night’s new production of Don Carlo. PBS is set to present a number of other works from the Met Opera stage including “Turandot,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and “Hamlet.Marina Poplavskaya as Elisabeth and Roberto Alagna in the title role of Verdi's "Don Carlo." Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera 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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