Verdi: Don Carlo (2012)
In 1559 in the Forest of Fontainebleau, during the peace negotiations between France and Spain: under the terms of the treaty, the Infante of Spain, Carlos, was to marry Elisabeth de Valois, the daughter of King Henry II of France. During a hunting party, the Infante Carlos (tenor), who loves (Io la vidi) Elisabeth de Valois (soprano), daughter of the King of France, whom he is soon to marry, manages to meet her and declare his love, which is reciprocated. But his father, the King of Spain, Philip II, decides to marry Elisabeth himself. ‘Don Carlos 7’ is a ‘grand opera à la française’ in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on Friedrich von Schiller’s tragedy ‘Don Carlos’, premiered on 11 March 1867 at the Paris Opera. From the box set ‘Tutto Verdi’ featuring 27 of Verdi’s operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Comunale ‘Luciano Pavarotti’ in Modena on 5, 17, 19 and 21 October 2012.
Directors: Joseph Franconi Lee, Tiziano Mancini.
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Giacomo Prestia as Filippo II |
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Mario Malagnini as Don Carlo |
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Simone Piazzola as Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa |
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Cellia Costea as Elisabetta di Valois |
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Luciano Montanaro as Il Grande Inquisitore |
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Alla Pozniak as La Principessa Eboli |
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Paolo Buttol as An Old Monk |
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Irène Candelier as Tebaldo / Una voce dal cielo |
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Giulio Pelligra as Il Conte di Lerma |
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Marco Gaspari as Un Araldo Reale |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Joseph Méry | Writer |
| Writing | Camille du Locle | Writer |
| Writing | Friedrich Schiller | Original Story |
| Sound | Fabrizio Ventura | Music Director |
| Directing | Joseph Franconi Lee | Director |
| Directing | Tiziano Mancini | Director |
