Verdi: Don Carlo

In 1559 in the Forest of Fontainebleau, during the peace negotiations between France and Spain: under the terms of the treaty, the Infante of Spain, Carlos, was to marry Elisabeth de Valois, the daughter of King Henry II of France. During a hunting party, the Infante Carlos (tenor), who loves (Io la vidi) Elisabeth de Valois (soprano), daughter of the King of France, whom he is soon to marry, manages to meet her and declare his love, which is reciprocated. But his father, the King of Spain, Philip II, decides to marry Elisabeth himself. ‘Don Carlos 7’ is a ‘grand opera à la française’ in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on Friedrich von Schiller’s tragedy ‘Don Carlos’, premiered on 11 March 1867 at the Paris Opera. From the box set ‘Tutto Verdi’ featuring 27 of Verdi’s operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Comunale ‘Luciano Pavarotti’ in Modena on 5, 17, 19 and 21 October 2012.

Cast

Giacomo Prestia Filippo II

Mario Malagnini Don Carlo

Simone Piazzola Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa

Cellia Costea Elisabetta di Valois

Luciano Montanaro Il Grande Inquisitore

Alla Pozniak La Principessa Eboli

Paolo Buttol An Old Monk

Irène Candelier Tebaldo / Una voce dal cielo

Giulio Pelligra Il Conte di Lerma

Marco Gaspari Un Araldo Reale

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