Verdi: Don Carlos
Staatsoper Hamburg, 30th May 2019
“Beware my Grand Inquisitor!” The Hamburg audience would do well to heed Phliip II’s warning to the Marquis de Posa in Peter Konwitschny’s production of Don Carlos. During the first interval, there was a close encounter as the creepy cardinal brushed past us in the foyer, white stick tapping, eyes shielded behind dark glasses. It sets up the audience for an immersive auto-da-fé, the sharp-suited royal party making their way through the stalls, trailed by paparazzi and a film crew. Black and white propaganda photos rain from the balcony as the action returns to the stage.
Don Carlos at Staatsoper Hamburg
© Brinkhoff/ Mögenburg (2008)
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