Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

Giancarlo Monsalve, Rafał Siwek, in Verdi's Don Carlo. Photo by Manuel Larrondo. In this Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn talks to American tenor Brandon Jovanovich, who made his role debut as Don Carlo in Houston Grand Opera’s 2012 production of the opera. Often referred to as the “grandest of the grand operas,” Don Carlo is basedon the Schiller play Don Carlos, Infante of Spain.  Set against the backdrop of  the Hapsburg-Valois War... Read More