Very, very, very interesting to hear the French version of Don Carlo at the Met recently. So different from what one is used to, and yet, of course, so similar. The proverbial “long-lost twin”?… Bravo to Yannick and all our colleagues in this magisterial “true ensemble” opera.
Here is one passage (the entrance of the Grand Inquisitor) that sounds equally captivating and unnerving in any language: