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Verdi: Don Carlo

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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.

Featured Crew

Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer
Joseph Méry
Writer
Camille du Locle
Writer
Achille de Lauzières
Writer
Angelo Zanardini
Writer
Friedrich Schiller
Original Story
Antonio Pappano
Music Director
Leopold Knötzl
Director

Cast

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Matti Salminen
Filippo II
actor
Thomas Hampson
Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
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Anja Harteros
Elisabetta di Valois
actor
Eric Halfvarson
Il Grande Inquisitore
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Ekaterina Semenchuk
La Principessa Eboli
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Robert Lloyd
Un Frate (Carlo V)
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Sen Guo
Una voce dal cielo
actor
Benjamin Bernheim
Il Conte di Lerma / Un Araldo Reale
actor
Antonio Pappano
Conductor - Self