Verdi: Don Carlo

Verdi wrote this five act opera with a French Libretto for the Paris opera. Premiere 1867. Then there are three versions of this opera, the French 1867 version, the revised Italian four Act Don Carlo 1884, plus the Modena version 1886. This version is the 1884 version with Act One reinstated, as well as the original beginning of Act 2. To complicate matters the French opera was simply translated into Italian, and then the changes were made. There is an even newer edition completed in 1980 by Ricordi, and others floating around as well.

• Giuseppe VerdiOriginal Music Composer
• Joseph MéryWriter
• Camille du LocleWriter
• Achille de LauzièresWriter
• Angelo ZanardiniWriter
• Leopold KnötzlDirector
• Agnes MéthDirector
• Peter SteinDirector

• Matti SalminenFilippo II
• Jonas KaufmannDon Carlo
• Thomas HampsonRodrigo, Marchese di Posa
• Anja HarterosElisabetta di Valois
• Eric HalfvarsonIl Grande Inquisitore
• Ekaterina SemenchukLa Principessa Eboli
• Robert LloydUn Frate (Carlo V)
• Maria CelengTebaldo
• Sen GuoUna voce dal cielo
• Benjamin BernheimIl Conte di Lerma / Un Araldo Reale
• Antonio PappanoConductor - Self
• Vienna PhilharmonicCast