NEW YORK — Before plunging us nearly five hours deep and as many centuries back into Verdi’s 1867 masterpiece “Don Carlos,” Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb wanted to ensure we were all ...

Don Carlos, a vast portrait of personal and political machinations amidst the brutality of the Spanish Inquisition, is the type of work the Met alone is able to pull off. It’s a genuine “grand opera” ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by On Monday, the company performs the much-revised masterpiece for the first time in its original language. By Will Crutchfield For the first 80 or so ...

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