DON CARLOS

Preview: Don Carlos, Royal Opera House, London
Independent Wed, 04 Jun 2008 4:26 PM PDT
Cast changes due to illness are normally greeted by groans, but not when it was announced at the last minute that Ferruccio Furlanetto would stand in as Fiesco in the Royal Opera's Simon Boccanegra last month: some critics meanly wished the sick absentee a long, slow recovery. Furlanetto's deep bass warmth seemed to pervade the stage even when he wasn't singing, and his unique sound gave that ...