Organization

Singer

Tenor

Matthew Polenzani

Don Carlos

Soprano

Sonya Yoncheva

Elizabeth of Valois

Mezzo-soprano

Elīna Garanča

Princess Eboli

Bass

Günther Groissböck

Philip II

John Relyea

The Grand Inquisitor

Baritone

Etienne Dupuis

Marquis of Posa

Stage director

David McVicar

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Don Carlos (French version)

Public

Approved

Don Carlos Verdi

For 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. Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a world-beating cast of opera’s leading lights, including tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois, and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as Eboli. Bass Günther Groissböck and bass-baritone John Relyea are Philippe II and the Grand Inquisitor, and baritone Etienne Dupuis rounds out the all-star principal cast as Rodrigue. 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.

English

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