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Don Carlos
- Grand opéra in 5 acts, French
- Libretto Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
- Based on the tragic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich von Schiller
- Time and place: France (Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris) and Spain (Madrid and Monastery of Yuste) c. 1565.
- Premiere at Paris Opéra, exact name that time 'Théâtre Imperial de l´Opéra', situated in its former building Salle Le Peletier, 11 March 1867
Act 3, scene 4. Drawing from the premiere at Paris Opera, in its former building Salle Le Peletier, 11 March 1867.
Act 4, scene 2. The death of Rodrigo in the King's presence. The front page of Don Carlos' piano score from 1867.
- Characters:
- Élisabeth de Valois (Elisabeth of Valois), a French princess initially betrothed to Don Carlos but then married to King Philip, soprano
- HP Elisabeth de Valois
- Marie Sasse sang in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Teresa Stolz was heard with Maria Waldmann in September 1869 in Trieste.
- Romilda Pantaleoni
- Abigaille Bruschi-Chiatti sang in the first premiere of the revised version at La Scala in 1884
- Adalgisa Gabbi
- Medea Borelli Angelini
- Leonilda Paini Gabbi
- Solomiya Amvrosiivna Krushelnytska
- Cecilia Gagliardi
- Maria Jeritza
- Rosa Ponselle
- Gina Cigna
- Maria Caniglia
- Renata Tebaldi
- Maria Callas
- Virginia Zeani
- Leontyne Price
- Renata Scotto
- Montserrat Caballé
- Mirella Freni
- Júlia Várady
- Kiri Te Kanawa
- Aprile Millo
- Ángeles Blancas
- Princess Eboli, Lady in court, mezzo-soprano
- HP Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda y de Silva Cifuentes, Princess of Eboli, Duchess of Pastrana
- Pauline Guéymard-Lauters sang in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Albina Contarini
- Maria Waldmann was heard with Teresa Stolz in September 1869 in Trieste.
- Giuseppina Pasqua sang in the first premiere of the revised version at La Scala 10 Jan 1884
- Leonilda Paini Gabbi
- Maartje Offers
- Antonietta Toini
- Ebe Stignani
- Giulietta Simionato
- Blanche Thebom
- Fedora Barbieri
- Anna Maria Rota
- Shirley Mae Verrett
- Fiorenza Cossotto
- Lucia Valentini Terrani
- Don Carlos (Don Carlo), Infante of Spain, Prince of Asturias, son and heir to the King, tenor
- HP HRH Infante Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias
- Jean Morère sang in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Emilio Clodovaldo Naudin
- Pietro Mongini
- Giuseppe Capponi Capponi loved this opera and this role.
- Leopoldo Signoretti
- Francesco Innocenzo Tamagno sang in the first premiere of the revised version 10 Jan 1884
- Francesco Signorini
- Francisco Viñas Dordal
- Jussi Björling
- Richard Tucker
- Franco Corelli
- Giuseppe di Stefano
- Veikko Tyrväinen
- Carlo Bergonzi
- Carlo Cossutta
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Plácido Domingo
- Peter Lindroos
- Roberto Alagna
- Rodrigue (Rodrigo), Marquis of Posa, a friend of the Infante Don Carlos, baritone
- Jean-Baptiste Faure sang in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Antonio Cotogni
- Adriano Pantaleoni
- Paul Lhérie sang in the first premiere of the revised version 10 Jan 1884
- Giuseppe Kaschmann
- Mattia Battistini
- Mario Ancona
- Antonio Scotti
- Giuseppe De Luca
- Pasquale Amato
- Giuseppe Danise
- Carlo Galeffi
- Mate Jakov Čulić Dragun
- Mario Carmelo Basiola
- Ture Ara
- Tito Gobbi
- Paolo Silveri
- Giuseppe Taddei
- Robert Merrill
- Sesto Bruscantini
- Ettore Bastianini
- Rolando Panerai
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Piero Cappuccilli
- Usko Viitanen
- Ingvar Wixell
- Kari Nurmela
- Tom Gunnar Krause
- Renato Bruson
- Walton Grönroos
- Jorma Hynninen
- Leo Nucci
- Philippe II (Filippo II / Philip II), the King of Spain, son of Charles V and father of Don Carlos, bass
- HP Philip II of Spain
- Louis-Henri Obin sang in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Antonio "Selva" Scremin
- Paolo Medini
- Pol Plançon /// "Elle ne m'aime pas"
- Francesco Navarrini
- Hermann Devriès
- Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin
- Luigi Manfrini
- Mark Osipovich Reizen
- Boris Christoff
- Kim Borg
- Cesare Siepi
- Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Ezio Domenico Flagello
- Tom Gunnar Krause
- Martti Talvela
- Ruggero Raimondi
- Matti Salminen
- Le Grand Inquisiteur (The Grand Inquisitor), bass
- HP Fernando de Valdés y Salas, Arzobispo de Sevilla, fundador de la Universidad de Oviedo
- Francesco Navarrini sang in the first premiere of the revised version 10 Jan 1884
- Luigi Manfrini
- Boris Christoff
- Cesare Siepi
- Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Martti Talvela
- Ruggero Raimondi
- Matti Salminen
- A monk (the apparition of the retired Emperor Charles V, or "Carlo Quinto"), bass
- HP Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Armand Castelmary sang in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Antonio "Selva" Scremin
- Pentti Arnold Hilmanpoika Tuominen
- Matti Salminen
- Count Lerma, tenor
- Tebaldo, page to Elisabeth, soprano
- Élisabeth de Valois (Elisabeth of Valois), a French princess initially betrothed to Don Carlos but then married to King Philip, soprano
- Scenographers:
- Charles-Antoine Cambon and Joseph Thierry (Acts I and III), Édouard Desplechin and Jean-Baptiste Lavastre (Acts II and V), and Auguste-Alfred Rubé and Philippe Chaperon (Act IV), in the first premiere 11 March 1867.
- Charles-Antoine Cambon and Joseph Thierry (Acts I and III), Édouard Desplechin and Jean-Baptiste Lavastre (Acts II and V), and Auguste-Alfred Rubé and Philippe Chaperon (Act IV), in the first premiere 11 March 1867.
- Costume designors:
- Alfredo Leonardo Edel, Colorno in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Choreographers:
- Lucien Petipa in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Solo dancers
- Choir masters:
- Léo Delibes in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Victor Massé in the first premiere
- Concert master
- Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi himself in the first premiere
- Conductors:
- François Georges Hainl conducted in the first premiere 11 March 1867
- Angelo Mariani conducted in the first Italian premiere of Don Carlo on 27 Oct 1867
- Franco Faccio conducted in the first premiere of the revised version 10 Jan 1884
- Egisto Emilio Tango
- Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
- Gabriele Santini
- Fernando Previtali
- Herbert von Karajan
- Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Carlo Maria Giulini
- Claudio Abbado
- Riccardo Muti
- Riccardo Chailly, OMRI
- Stage directors:
- Dr. Sandor Hevesi , née Alexander Hoffmann Unforgettable Verdi performances 1910-1930 with conductor Egisto Emilio Tango. One of their most memorable performances was Don Carlos.
- Luchino Visconti (ROH Covent Garden London 1958 with Giulini; Teatro dell'Opera Rome 1965 with Giulini)
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (La Scala 1968 with Abbado)
- Luca Roncóni (Teatro alla Scala di Milano 7 Dec 1977; 1986)
- Giancarlo Del Monaco (Bilbao)
Don Carlo / revised version
- 5 acts, Italian
- Libretto Camille du Locle, Joseph Méry; Achille de Lauzières (Italian trans.)
- First revision of the translation (additions by Antonio Ghislanzoni).
- However, the first performance in Italian was at the Royal Italian Opera House in London, 4 June 1867 (severely cut).
- First official performance in Italian took place at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna on 27 October 1867 and was very successful.
- Premiere after the final modifications of this version at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, November/December 1872
Act 3, scene 2. Drawing after the first performance in Italian at the Royal Italian Opera House in London, 4 June 1867. The world premiere took place in Paris 3 months earlier.
Don Carlos / revised
- 4 acts, French
- Second revision of Don Carlos with Camille du Locle and Charles Nuitter. Omitted Act 1 and the ballet.
- Italian translation by Angelo Zanardini based on the original version by Achille De Lauzières
- Premiere Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 10 January 1884
Carlo Cornaglia's depiction of Act IV (the original Act V) in the 1884 La Scala production.
Don Carlo / revised
- 5 acts, Italian
- Third revision of Don Carlos with Angelo Zanardini. Restored Act 1, Fontainebleau scene.
- Premiere Teatro Municipale, Modena, 29 December 1886
The historical Princess of Eboli, Ana de Mendoza (1540 - 1592), by unknown artist.
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