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Darkness and grandeur in Christophe Honoré's staging of Don Carlos for Opéra de Lyon

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“Stéphane Degout's first Verdi role... a masterclass in legato singing”
Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 17 March 2018
Verdi, Don Carlo(s) (Sung in French, 5 act version (1867))
Opéra de Lyon
Daniele Rustioni, Conductor
Christophe Honoré, Director
Alban Ho Van, Set Designer
Pascaline Chavanne, Costume Designer
Michele Pertusi, Philippe II
Sergey Romanovsky, Don Carlos
Stéphane Degout, Rodrigue, marquis de Posa
Roberto Scandiuzzi, Le Grand Inquisiteur
Sally Matthews, Elisabeth de Valois
Ève-Maud Hubeaux, La princesse Eboli
Patrick Bolleire, Un moine
Caroline Jestaedt, Une voix céleste
Jeanne Mendoche, Thibault
Yannick Berne, Le comte de Lerme
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Ashley Wright, Choreography
Dominique Bruguière, Lighting Designer
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