MUSIC Giuseppe Verdi
LIBRETTO Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle after Friedrich von Schiller

DON CARLO Brian Jagde

ELISABETTA VALOIS Lise Davidsen

RODRIGO, MARCHESE DI POSA Luca Micheletti

PRINCIPESSA EBOLI Yulia Matochkina

FILIPPO II John Relyea

IL GRANDE INQUISITORE Taras Shtonda

MONACO Alexander Köpeczi

TEBALDO Ella Taylor

CONTE DI LERMA Michael Gibson

VOCE DAL CIELO Sarah Dufresne
DEPUTATI 
FIAMMINGHI Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, Matthew Durkan, Felix Kemp, Dan D’Souza, Jihoon Kim, Simon Wallfisch

DIRECTOR Nicholas Hytner
REVIVAL DIRECTOR Daniel Dooner
DESIGNER Bob Crowley
LIGHTING DESIGNER Mark Henderson
MOVEMENT Scarlett Mackmin
FIGHT DIRECTOR Terry King

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Ph. Bill Cooper

SGUARDI CRITICI:

“Luca Micheletti’s Rodrigo is a strong creation” Rebecca Franks, THE TIMES, 3 luglio 2023

“Luca Micheletti makes a noble sounding Rodrigo” Andrew Clements, THE GUARDIAN, 2 luglio 2023

“intriguing is Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa, whose challenge to Philip II over his oppression of the people of Flanders is a chilling turning point, well handled and elegantly sung by Luca Micheletti” Fiona Maddocks, THE GUARDIAN, 8 luglio 2023

“Equally forceful, Brian Jagde as Carlos, impetuous and direct, and Luca Micheletti, well shaped and projected as his ally Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa; their relationship, sealed with Verdi’s superb duet, is one of the hearts of this drama, and they project it with fervour.” Nicholas Kenyon, THE TELEGRAPH, 1 luglio 2023

“the Marquis of Posa plays his hand with courage and compassion (mirrored in Luca Micheletti’s taut, ardent performance)” Richard Bratby, THE SPECTATOR, 8 luglio 2023

“Baritone Luca Micheletti favours native Italian artistry as Rodrigo, spinning long, will-he-ever-breathe phrases” Richard Fairman, FINANCIAL TIMES, 4 luglio 2023

“Memorable. Luca Micheletti, as Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa, was displaying impressive breath control even in his dying moments.” Barry Millington, EVENING STANDARD, 3 luglio 2023

“Then there is a superb cast, with American tenor Brian Jagde in the title role and Italian baritone Luca Micheletti as Rodrigo both singing with great power.” Hartston William, DAILY EXPRESS, 4 luglio 2023

“Luca Micheletti is a superb Marquis de Posa, Carlo’s loyal friend, his baritone vibrant and supple. He displayed a beautiful legato in Posa’s great death scene.” Mark Pullinger, BACHTRACK, 1 luglio 2023

“Luca Micheletti is Rodrigo, a pleasingly old-fashioned bel canto baritone with a controlled vibrato, immaculate phrasing (notably taking the verses of his death scene in one breath each) and a miraculous trill. An excellent and a very detailed actor.“ Francis Muzzu, GRAMOPHONE, 3 luglio 2023

“Luca Micheletti cut a dashing figure as Rodrigo, his velvety, well-projected baritone caressing Verdi’s vocal lines to telling effect – the camaraderie between him and Carlos was perfectly etched.” Keith McDonnell, MUSIC OMH, 5 luglio 2023

“A breath-control worthy of Hvorostovsky” David Nise, THE ARTS DESK, 1 luglio 2023

“Superb. The cast is also outstanding with Luca Micheletti as Posa displaying a baritone that possesses depth and also a vibrant quality.” Sam Smith, OPERA ON-LINE, 2 luglio 2023

“baritone Luca Micheletti is energetic and stylish as Carlos’s friend Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa” Yehuda Shapiro, THE STAGE, 3 luglio 2023

“Dio che nell’alma infondere” was splendidly rousing… Italian baritone Luca Micheletti gets to grips as Rodrigo and he carries himself here with a quiet, unassuming assuredness that creates suitable suspicion in the audience as to his motives. There’s nothing ambiguous about the voice here, though. He sings with very fine limpidity and suaveness, observing a beautiful legato. I have already referred to his rousing duet with Don Carlo, and his rich baritone colors blend well with Jagde’s tenor throughout all of their interactions. But it is in his final scenes, where he visits his old friend in prison, reaffirming his love and allegiance to Don Carlo, and his own, subsequent death, where he gets to shine. His impassioned “Per me giunto è il dì supremo,” and “O Carlo, ascolta” are exquisite, especially the latter where he employs a mellifluous, sotto voce on certain passages in his dying moments. It makes for an intensely emotive scene.” Mike Hardy, OPERAWIRE, 3 luglio 2023

“Luca Micheletti’s Posa was strong, his Act V ‘Per me giunto … O Carlo, ascolta’ searingly powerful.” Colin Clarke, SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL, 4 luglio 2023

“Don Carlo’s friend, Rodrigo, is played by Luca Micheletti, a baritone with an elegant tone that pairs sweetly with Don Carlo in their duet pledging loyalty to each other in Act 2. He excels in the later scene with John Relyea” Charles Hebbert, CULTURE WHISPER, 2 luglio 2023

“El resto del reparto fue sólido y convincentemente profesional, con el beneficio de sólo un cantante italiano, Luca Micheletti, un Rodrigo que inevitablemente se llevó la palma del fraseo más abierto y los más espontáneamente cantados trinos de la noche.” Agustín Blanco Bazán, MUNDO CLASICO, 3 luglio 2023

“The cast is exceptional. Italian baritone Luca Micheletti shines as Rodrigo.” Basant Kasayap, SAMACHAR CENTRAL, 5 luglio 2023

“La voix s’épanouit, appuyée sur un timbre rond et étoffé dans l’assise. La prosodie est nette et finement articulée, son expérience (théâtrale) apporte beaucoup.” Vojin Jaglicic, OLYRIX, 7 luglio 2023

“There were plenty of moments when we enjoyed the lyric sweep of his singing, and always with a sense of style. The duet with Jagde’s Carlo in Act Two was rightly one of the musical highlights of the evening, whilst he, Jagde and Yulia Matochkina’s Eboli made the crucial ensemble scene in Act Three musically vivid, even if the staging remains somewhat stand and sing. Micheletti came into his own with a beautifully sung account of the death scene.” Robert Hugill, PLANET, 11 luglio 2023

“Luca Micheletti as Posa sang beautifully, with a warm tone, and acted well – another impressive performance – he also had a powerful voice with the ability to phrase and shade appropriately.” J. Johns, MUSICAL JOURNEY, 9 luglio 2023

“Il baritono italiano Luca Micheletti, 37 anni, al suo esordio nel ruolo, è stato un Rodrigo di duttile nobiltà timbrica, come esige il personaggio, la cui voce seduceva per il suo colore dotato di armonici eleganti e preziosi. Ha cantato con sfumature liriche, nell’appassionato cantabile arioso “Carlo ch’è sol il nostro amore” e ha tenuto testa alla voce tonante del re nel grande duetto che è seguito. Come previsto, il tableau della morte ha esaltato la fluidità del suo canto rivestito di una patina espressiva dolorosa nell’aria “Per me giunto”, seguita da “Io morrò”, in cui è stato magnetico, affascinando con il suo fraseggio di lunghezza estrema, interminabile e squillante. Luca Micheletti, ottimo baritono verdiano”. Costin Popa, ADEVARUL, 22 luglio 2023