[Met Performance] CID:196890



Don Carlo
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, January 11, 1964


In Italian



Don Carlo (63)
Giuseppe Verdi | François Joseph Méry/Camille du Locle list Italian text as translators?
Don Carlo
Richard Tucker

Elizabeth of Valois
Mary Curtis-Verna

Rodrigo
Robert Merrill

Princess Eboli
Biserka Cvejic

Philip II
Giorgio Tozzi

Grand Inquisitor
David Ward

Celestial Voice
Joy Clements

Friar
John Macurdy

Tebaldo
Marcia Baldwin

Count of Lerma
Gabor Carelli

Countess of Aremberg
Sally Brayley

Herald
Robert Nagy


Conductor
Kurt Adler







Review 1:

Review of Conrad S. Susa in Musical America
Two towering performances occurred in the sixth "Don Carlo" of the season, on January 11, those of Giorgio Tozzi as King Philip and of David Ward as the Grand Inquisitor. Their scene together in Act III was on a high level of intensity. Of course, this is some of Verdi's best music, but Tozzi's rich introspection and Ward's monumental dignity found their vocal counterparts and the combination was simply overwhelming. This was Tozzi's first appearance in the role at the Met. Another first performance was that of Biserka Cvejic as Princess Eboli. She also did some fine singing, although her voice has a tendency to spread when it gets loud. Mary Curtis-Verna (Elizabeth of Valois) did nicely in her quiet way. Richard Tucker was in commendable form; so was Kurt Adler, the conductor; so was the orchestra.

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