Eve of destruction
Mounting Verdi’s French grand operas in their original language is no longer as unusual as it once was.
Jacques Mars
4 pieces since 2015 — in 3 roles, at 1 company, most often at ORTF.
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By company
Role Jean Procida
Role Louis VI "Le gros"
French twist
The Met’s new Don Carlos has prompted a lot of discussion lately about opera-in-translation, so Trove Thursday this week offers two works unexpectedly performed in French: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snegourotchka and Weber’s Euryanthe.
Role Philippe II
Don Carlos: more or less
“Trove Thursday” presents an all-star five-act Don Carlo from forty years ago tonight.