Name: Don Carlo (Italian version)
Start: 2008-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro alla Scala

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Thomas Johannes Mayer

Rodrigo

Bass

Matti Salminen

The Grand Inquisitor

Anatolij Kotscherga

Diogenes Randes

A Monk

Gábor Bretz

Petri Lindroos

Soprano

Fiorenza Cedolins

Elisabeth of Valois

Micaela Carosi

Mezzo-soprano

Dolora Zajick

Princess Eboli

Anna Smirnova

Carla Di Censo

Thibault

Roberta Canzian

Tenor

Cristiano Cremonini

The Count of Lerma

Ki Hyun Kim

Carlo Bosi

Royal Herald

Julia Borchert

A Voice from Heaven

Irena Bespalovaite

Filippo Bettoschi

Davide Pelissero

Ernesto Panariello

Chae Jun Lim

Alessandro Spina

Luciano Montanaro

Conductor

Daniele Gatti

Stage director

Stéphane Braunschweig

Costume designer

Thibault Vancraenenbroeck

Set designer

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Philip II

Giuseppe Filianoti

Don Carlo

Stuart Neill

Dalibor Jenis

Lighting designer

Marion Hewlett

Teatro alla Scala

Others

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Orchestra

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Don Carlo (Italian version)

Milan

Italy

Don Carlos, a grand opera à la française, was composed by Verdi to a French-language libretto based on a tragedy by the great Schiller, and saw its premiere in French at the Paris Opera in 1867. But it went through more revisions and versions than any other Verdi work, and it is the Italian version, Don Carlo, that is most commonly performed today, as in this opening night blockbuster at La Scala from 2008! Stéphane Braunschweig—who has also garnered renown for his Ring cycle in Aix-en-Provence, as well as his Jenůfa in Paris—brings ample dramatic flair to the boldly lit and sumptuously costumed stage production, while bass Ferruccio Furlanetto commands the stage as Philip and tenor Stuart Neill brings regal bearing to the title role.

In 1559, France and Spain are negotiating a hard-fought peace; according to the terms of the treaty, the king's heir Carlos is set to marry Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of Henri II. The opera's intrigue deviates from the historical account: Carlos, in love with his stepmother, is desired by his father's mistress...

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