Event Calendar
Verdi’s Don Carlos
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 12:00 pm
Please note: Start time for this perfomance is 12:00pm due to the length of the opera
NEW PRODUCTION/MET PREMIERE
Estimated Run Time: 4 hrs 55 mins
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role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois, and Jamie Barton will sing Eboli, replacing Elīna Garanča, who has withdrawn. 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.
Production a gift of †Edwin C. Holmer III, and The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
Additional support by the Hermione Foundation, Laura Sloate, Trustee
Major support provided by Rolex