[Met Performance] CID:260780



Don Carlo
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, March 10, 1980


In Italian



Don Carlo (120)
Giuseppe Verdi | Fran?ois Joseph M?ry/Camille du Locle list Italian text as translators?
Don Carlo
Giuseppe Giacomini

Elizabeth of Valois
Gilda Cruz-Romo

Rodrigo
Sherrill Milnes

Princess Eboli
Tatiana Troyanos

Philip II
Nicolai Ghiaurov

Grand Inquisitor
Jerome Hines

Celestial Voice
Therese Brandson

Friar
John Cheek

Tebaldo
Alma Jean Smith

Forester
Peter Sliker

Count of Lerma
Dana Talley

Countess of Aremberg
Barbara Greene

Herald
Timothy Jenkins


Conductor
James Levine







Review 1:

Review of Speight Jenkins in the Post

Met 'Carlo' a powerhouse

The grandeur and excitement of the Metropolitan Opera's revival of "Don Carlo" continue even with some substantial cast changes.

New to the cast last night was the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, whose Philip has set the world standard for the last 13 years. Though his voice was not quite as powerful as it was a few years ago, it still suggests black gold - of the highest grade.

Gilda Cruz-Romo, who sang Elizabeth on last season's Met tour, brought her powerful, generally well-produced soprano to the Queen's role. Hers was a strong Verdian interpretation, lacking ideal expressiveness but phrased intelligently. Not a great actress, she moved little but sensibly.

As Don Carlo, Giuseppe Giacomini had more than a little pitch trouble though he improved after a thorny [first] scene. His overall dramatic feeling for the character was surer than it was last season.

The score was brilliantly realized by James Levine and his splendid orchestra. Sherrill Milnes created an unusually striking Rodrigo, Tatiana Troyanos sang an even better Eboli than before, and Jerome Hines seemed the vocal and theatrical embodiment of the Grand Inquisitor.

The length and organization of "Don Carlo" allowed me to hear both the whole of the concert reviewed below and almost half the opera.



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