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
Sung in Italian
New production
PREMIERE
- 10 August 1998, 18:00
- 13 August 1998, 18:00
- 16 August 1998, 18:00
- 18 August 1998, 18:00
- 21 August 1998, 18:00
- 24 August 1998, 18:00
- 30 August 1998, 18:00
Print programme (PDF)
Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Herbert Wernicke, Director
Herbert Wernicke, Sets
Herbert Wernicke, Costumes
Winfried Maczewski, Chorus Master
Albrecht Puhlmann, Dramaturg
René Pape, Filippo II.
Sergej Larin, Neil Shicoff, Don Carlo
Carlos Alvarez, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Paul Plishka, Il Grande Inquisitore
Robert Lloyd, Un Frate (Carlo V)
Marina Mescheriakova, Georgina Lukacs, Elisabetta di Valois
Dolora Zajick, Yvonne Naef, La Principessa Eboli
Maria Costanza Nocentini, Tebaldo, paggio d´Elisabetta
Desirée Rancatore, Voce dal cielo
Ursula Pfitzner, La Contessa d´Aremberg
Ilya Levinsky, Il Conte di Lerma
Gwyn Hughes Jones, Un Araldo Reale
Souren Chahidjanian, Riccardo Novaro, Michael Volle, Hannes Lichtenberger, Wolfgang Scheider, Friedrich Springer, Deputati fiamminghi
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Stage Music
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic