Name: Don Carlo (Italian version)
Start: 2010-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2010-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Marina Poplavskaya

Elisabeth of Valois

Mezzo-soprano

Anna Smirnova

Princess Eboli

Tenor

Roberto Alagna

Don Carlo

Yonghoon Lee

Baritone

Simon Keenlyside

Rodrigo

Bass

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Philip II

Eric Halfvarson

The Grand Inquisitor

Alexei Tanovitski

A Monk

Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Stage director

Nicholas Hytner

Set designer

Bob Crowley

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Mark Henderson

Jennifer Check

A Voice from Heaven

Eduardo Valdes

The Count of Lerma

Layla Claire

Thibault

Silent

Anne Dyas

Countess of Aremberg

Tommaso Matelli

Donovan Singletary

Flemish Deputy

Keith Harris

Christopher Schaldenbrand

Joshua Benaim

Tyler Simpson

Eric Jordan

Maxime de Toledo

Giorgio Giuseppini

Stage combat master

Rick Sordelet

Chorus master

Donald Palumbo

Choreographer

Sara Erde

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Iodáilis

Don Carlo (Italian version)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Director Nicholas Hytner, who made his Met debut with this production, brings out all the passionate intensity that is at the heart of Verdi’s monumental drama. Don Carlo (Roberto Alagna), the Spanish crown prince, and Elizabeth of Valois (Marina Poplavskaya), daughter of the King of France, fall in love, only to be torn apart by international politics when Carlo’s father, King Philip II (Ferruccio Furlanetto), decides to marry Elizabeth himself. Carlo’s friend, Rodrigo (Simon Keenlyside), plays a dangerous game, balancing his political aims with the trust of his monarch. And when the beautiful Princess Eboli (Anna Smirnova) discovers her love for Don Carlo is not returned, her revenge terribly backfires. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met orchestra and chorus.

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