Yet his drama, based on schillers epic play of the spanish inquisition. Don carlo, especially in the milan version, is considered an opera with an unresolved finale. As operas go, you dont get grander than verdis don carlo. Indeed, with don carlo, verdi embarked on a subject that would take nearly a. Don carlo roberto alagna, the spanish crown prince, and elizabeth of valois marina poplavskaya, daughter of the king of france, fall in love, only to be torn apart by international politics when carlos father, king philip ii ferruccio furlanetto, decides to marry elizabeth himself. Montserrat caballe finale don carlo giuseppe verdi 15 seconds holding the last tone duration. Giuseppe verdi don carlos warner classics bluray 2564. Verdi peter konwitschny regie werner hintze dramaturgie johannes leiacker buhne ramon vargas d.
Artsedge, part of the rubenstein arts access program, is generously funded. Carlo confides his love to rodrigo, marquis of posa, who advises him to forget elisabeth and ask for the governorship of flanders, where he may. The production and series of performances at covent garden, of which this recording is of the second, made waves throughout the operatic world as no other production of don carlo had done previously. Yet this third revival of nicholas hytners 2008 production was a flameless affair without a single barbecued. Ramon vargas as the title character ken howardmetropolitan opera.
Would highly recommend this to all verdi enthusiasts. Giuseppe verdi don carlo vinyl records, lp, cd on cdandlp. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In prep for that performance, here are 10 facts which you might not know about the opera. The originals don carlos domingo, ricciarelli, claudio abbado. Especially nice is the inclusion of the wonderful act 4 philipcarlo duet after rodrigos death that was cut before the premiere, which verdi later reused for the lacrimosa in his requiem. Don carlos is a masterful work, perfectly blending tension and restraint, profane and sacred, condemnation and redemption, all against a backdrop of amorous, friendly and political rivalries.
Don carlos simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The first is the fiveact french version which premiered in paris in 1867. Of all the don carlos 5 act italian versions on dvd, this one has to be at the top of the list on all accounts. The bluray sound is perfect and the picture quality pin sharp on the uhd tv.
Verdis don carlo has special resonance at covent garden. Don carlo muti, pavarotti, ramey, et al by verdi, giuseppe on dvd. The story goes that this original version of don carlos still had to be cut by half. Don carlo work giuseppe verdicamille du locle opera. Met opera on demand delivers instant access to more than 500 met performances, including live in hd videos, classic telecasts and radio broadcasts. Today we dive into the history of verdis brilliant work, don carlo. The treatment of posa did end up ruining the best bromance in all of.
We want to stage a queer version of giuseppe verdis don carlo, in which don carlo is actually a soprano. Don carlo revival fails to completely catch fire bachtrack. It was based on a famous german play called don carlos, infante of spain by friedrich schiller. It was here, 50 years ago, that a legendary production, directed by visconti and conducted by giulini, both vindicated a then little known work and brought the presentation of. In addition, it has been noted by david kimball that the fontainebleau scene and autodafe were the most substantial of several incidents borrowed from. Don carlos highlights by jaakko ryhanen and tens of millions of other songs. In one of operas most famous duets, rodrigo and don carlo take a vow of.
Placido domingo, montserrat caballe, shirley verrett, ruggero raimondi, giuseppe verdi, carlo maria giulini, royal opera house covent garden orch. Ct to hear verdis don carlo, live from the metropolitan opera in new york city. Don carlo sex, politics and opera the opera don carlo can be both a story in real life, and a metaphor for sex entwined in politics, and how we are magnetically drawn to it. When don carlos first premiered in 1867, the publisher ricordi commissioned liszt to write a piece on it, and the composer complied with a. Don carlo decca the originals by sir georg solti, orchestra of the royal opera house, renata tebaldi, grace bumbry, carlo bergonzi, dietrich fischerdieskau, nicolai ghiaurov, marti talvela from amazons classical music store. Tune in to classical mpr on saturday, march 9, at 10 a. The finale of don carlo is notoriously openended, leaving much of the. Carlos iano tamar elisabeth alastair milesphilipe ii. Don carlo or don carlos what is the best version of.
Download the new ipad app to watch on your tv with apple tv via airplay. Verdi s don carlo verdi s enigmatic yet profoundly beautiful opera takes just about every moral dilemma imaginable and gives them all recognizable, human faces, the sort. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. I consider these slightly less wellsung than the karajan 4 acter mostly because i dont much care for obratzovas hammy eboli. In stock usually ships in mf days guaranteed same day shipping for orders with ups 1, 2. It launched the work into its rightful place in the verdi mainstream. Nei giardin del bello ebolitebaldocoro di dame artist luciana dintinomarilena laurenzacoro del teatro alla scala, milanoorchestra del teatro alla. O don fatale o don fatal from act iv act iii in fouract version, scene 1 of the italianfrench opera, don carlos by giuseppe verdi libretto. Carsen gave a very personal interpretation, by having both carlo and filippo killed in the end, with posa showing up in full regalia. At modena, two years later, a five act version, in italian and including a translation of the first act was given with, it is claimed, verdis approval. Giuseppe verdi don carlos act iii finale auto da fe youtube. Don carlos domingo, caballe, giulini by verdi, giuseppe on cd. One of verdis greatest works is best known in its italian translation as don carlo, but he originally wrote the operas music to a french.
Don carlo has often been a problematic work for conductors and stage directors down through the years as theyve had to choose from multiple versions of the work. Simultaneously, the opera will be transmitted to around 1,500 theaters around the world, some 900 of them outside the u. For many this is the best version of the opera, but the bottom line is that there is no such thing as a real version of the opera with differing versions having different strengths. Chorus and orchestra of the teatro regio, turin, noseda. Princess eboli, lady in waiting to the queen of spain voice part. Schillers story is based on the true story of the life of carlos, prince of asturias 15451568 who was promised that he could marry elisabeth of valois. In 1977, claudio abbado presented verdis don carlo in the version in italian with five acts, which he was to resume in 1868. Family ties fray and unravel in verdis spectacle of forbidden passion, political intrigue, and. Before its 1867 paris premiere he made a number of cuts for various musical and nonmusical reasons. Summary the infante don carlos and elisabeth of valois, initially promised to one another, see their love become impossible after a new plan to marry the. Don carlo teatro alla scala 2017 production milano. Don carlo dramma lirico in cinque atti musica giuseppe verdi le roncole, 10 ottobre 18 milano, 27 gennaio 1901 librett. And that explains elisabettas inability to love filippo, rachel notices, if shes a gold star lesbian, who cant persuade herself to.