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
- 15 August 2001, 18:00
- 19 August 2001, 18:00
- 23 August 2001, 18:00
- 26 August 2001, 18:00
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Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Herbert Wernicke, Stage director, sets, costumes and lighting design
Donald Palumbo, Chorus Master
Albrecht Puhlmann, Dramaturg
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Filippo II.
Neil Shicoff, Don Carlo
Thomas Hampson, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Anatoly Kocherga, Il Grande Inquisitore
Franz-Josef Selig, Un Frate (Carlo V)
Marina Mescheriakova, Elisabetta di Valois
Yvonne Naef (August 9), Olga Borodina (August 15, 19, 23, 26), La Principessa Eboli
Gaele Le Roi, Tebaldo
Diana Damrau, Voce dal cielo
Ursula Pfitzner, La Contessa d´Aremberg
Guy Renard, Il Conte di Lerma
Ilya Levinsky, Un Araldo Reale
Markus Eiche, Souren Chahjan, Bernd Hofmann, Hiroyuki Ijichi, Hannes Lichtenberger, Friedrich Springer, Deputati fiamminghi
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Stage Music
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic