Name: Don Carlo (Italian version)
Start: 2008-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-07-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Tenor

Rolando Villazón

Don Carlo

Soprano

Marina Poplavskaya

Elisabetta di Valois

Baritone

Simon Keenlyside

Rodrigo

Bass

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Filippo II

Mezzo-soprano

Sonia Ganassi

La Principessa Eboli

Pumeza Matshikiza

Tebaldo

Nikola Matisic

Il Conte di Lerma

Eric Halfvarson

Il Grande Inquisitore

Robert Lloyd

Un Frate

Anita Watson

Voce dal cielo

Dirigent

Antonio Pappano

Regisseur

Nicholas Hytner

Set designer

Bob Crowley

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Mark Henderson

Jacques Imbrailo

Un Araldo reale

Krzysztof Szumanski

Kostas Smoriginas

Daniel Grice

Darren Jeffery

Vuyani Mlinde

Dimitris Tiliakos

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Others

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Don Carlo (Italian version) -  (Don Carlo)

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Verenigd Koninkrijk

Internationally acclaimed Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón in his break-out role as Don Carlos at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

The year is 1559. A peace treaty between France and Spain is on the point of being signed, arranging marriage between Princess Elizabeth of Valois, daughter of Henry II, and Don Carlos, son of Philipp II and heir to the Spanish throne. When Don Carlos (Rolando Villazón) and Elizabeth meet, they immediately fall in love despite fears about marrying a stranger. Unfortunately, their happiness is short-lived: the treaty is renegotiated, and Henry II will marry his daughter to King Philip II himself. To ensure peace between France and Spain, Elizabeth consents, leaving Carlos devastated.

As ever in Verdi's masterpieces, Don Carlo's story has its roots in the political and religious history of Europe. Like in a Racinian tragedy, the lovers' paths are determined by a political reality far more powerful than themselves.

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