Overview
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.
DirectorLeopold Knötzl
WritersAchille de Lauzières, Camille du Locle, Angelo Zanardini, Joseph Méry
Top Casts
Matti Salminen
Filippo II
Jonas Kaufmann
Don Carlo
Thomas Hampson
Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Anja Harteros
Elisabetta di Valois
Eric Halfvarson
Il Grande Inquisitore
Ekaterina Semenchuk
La Principessa Eboli
Robert Lloyd
Un Frate (Carlo V)
Maria Celeng
Tebaldo
Sen Guo
Una voce dal cielo
Benjamin Bernheim
Il Conte di Lerma / Un Araldo Reale
Details
LanguageItalian
Production companiesUnitel Classica
TaglineVerdi's Don Carlo at the Salzburg Opera Festival
