![]() Orpheus's Double: Jakub Józef Orliński* / John Holiday*Ī co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and LA Opera. Libretto: Sarah Ruhl*, adapted from her play EurydiceĬonductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Daniela Candillari* Originally commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, co-commissioned by Jazz Saint Louis BrownĬonductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Kazem Abdullah*Ĭhicken Plucker/Adult William: Terrence Chin-Loy*Īdult Nathan: Errin Duane Brooks / Steven Myles*Ĭhester: Chris Kenney* / Benjamin Taylor*Īdult Robert: Calvin Griffin* / Rocky Eugenio Sellers*Ĭommissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. BlowĬo-Directors: James Robinson & Camille A. Libretto: Kasi Lemmons*, based on the book by Charles M. 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.Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones (MET PREMIERE) 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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