Don Carlo (Italian version) by Verdi, Joi 04 Mart. 2021, De la (2021/2021), Regizat de către Frank Hilbrich,, Dirijor Balázs Kocsár, Erkel Színház, Budapest, Hungary

“16th-century Spain. State and church are engaged in a ruthless struggle for dominance over the people. The greatest victim in all of this is none other than the king’s son, the prince Don Carlo. He is the one who dares to love, to step up for the freedom of the oppressed people and to oppose both the church and the state, shaking up their system of power… Verdi is the only composer, bar none, for whom individual freedom could have become so important. With this opera, he paints a frightening picture of human civilisation.” So says Frank Hilbrich, director of Don Carlo. “Verdi uses grandiose music to portray this painful realisation made so apparent by Schiller’s Don Carlo. Verdi is the only composer, bar none, for whom individual freedom could have become so important. With this opera, he paints a frightening picture of human civilisation.”