Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlo
Opera in five acts
by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Original French libretto by Joseph Méry (1797–1866) and Camille Du Locle (1832–1903), based on the drama Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) and other sources, Italian translation by Achille de Lauzières and Angelo Zanardini
PREMIERE
- 05 August 1977, 18:30
- 13 August 1977, 18:30
- 16 August 1977, 18:30
- 26 August 1977, 18:30
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Herbert von Karajan, Conductor
Herbert von Karajan, Director
Günther Schneider-Siemssen, Sets
Georges Wakhevitch, Costumes
Walter Hagen-Groll, Chorus Master
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Filippo II.
Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Don Carlo
Piero Cappuccilli, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Jules Bastin, Il Grande Inquisitore
José van Dam, Un Frate (Carlo V)
Mirella Freni, Elisabetta di Valois
Fiorenza Cossotto, La Principessa Eboli
Edita Gruberova, Tebaldo, paggio d´Elisabetta
Edita Gruberova, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Voce dal cielo
Walburga Wallner, La Contessa d´Aremberg
Horst Nitsche, Il Conte di Lerma
Klaus Jürgen Küper, Un Araldo Reale
István Gáti, Hannes Jokel, Richard Lombardi, Alfred Šramek, Klaus Wallprecht, Peter Weber, Deputati fiamminghi
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic