On this day in 1979 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Verdi’s Don Carlo.
A particularly heartbreaking aspect of the pandemic shutdown has, of course, been helplessly watching rising artists have their careers plunged into indefinite silence. But for a few bold souls who are willing to try new things, the moment has also opened doors.
VIctor Herbert demonstrates in this slight, affectionate piece a talent for keeping his musico-dramatic balls in the air, as Madeleine’s spirits juggle, fall, rise again, and droop to elegant resignation at the last.
“Who will dare dance with me the ancient Dagger-Dance of the Californians?”
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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