Des grandeurs de ce monde
Don Carlo is truly a grand opera, Verdi’s biggest, no matter if it’s the four or five act version. It is a bitch.
Simon Keenlyside
22 pieces since 2009 — in 9 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
22
pieces
9
roles
5
companies
18
years
By role
3 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Simon Keenlyside.
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After a rather long afternoon at the Met, a member of the cher public writes: “The Don Carlo final dress was worth catching.” Our spy has more to say after the jump.
“They certainly spared every expense!”
I have to confess that I overheard that line during the intermission of the Met’s new production of Amboise Thomas’s seldom-performed Hamlet based on Shakespeare’s oft-performed play. I couldn’t have said it better myself.