Release Date: 06 January 2006
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313289424
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: VERDI
Description
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Don Carlos (Highlights) (1886 Modena / 1867 Paris versions) Opera in Five Acts (sung in Italian) Libretto: Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle, based on Friedrich Schiller Italian translation: Achille de Lauzi?¿res and Angelo Zanardini Philip II (King of Spain) - Jaakko Ryhanen (Bass and Bass-baritone) Don Carlos (Infante of Spain) - Lars Cleveman (Tenor) Rodrigo (Marquis of Posa) - Peter Mattei (Baritone) The Grand Inquisitor - Bengt Rundgren (Bass) Elisabeth de Valois (Philip's Queen) - Hillevi Martinpelto (Soprano) Princess Eboli (Elisabeth's lady-in-waiting) - Ingrid Tobiasson (Mezzosoprano) Tebaldo (Elisabeth's page) - Iwa Sorenson (Soprano) The Count of Lerma / A Royal Herald - Klas Hedlund (Tenor) An Old Monk - Martti Wallen (Bass) A Voice from Heaven - Hilda Leidland (Soprano) Flemish Deputies - Goran Swartz, Mikael Magnell, Torbjorn Pettersson, Jan Sorberg, Mattias Nilsson, Johan W?Ñllberg Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (Chorus masters: Christina Hornell and Folke Alin) Alberto Hold-Garrido This version of Don Carlos was assembled by the director Friedrich Meyer-Oertel with Alberto Hold-Garrido and Stefan Johansson --- The final Italian version of Verdi's opera Don Carlos was first staged at La Scala, Milan, in 1884. Schiller's play had been proposed to Verdi as a subject for opera for Paris in 1850, but it was in 1866 that he saw the possibilities of the work, now with a French libretto, to be staged at the Paris Opera in March 1867. The opera proved too long and Verdi made various cuts before the first performance, and found it necessary to continue with revisions, most significantly in 1882 and 1883. These changes were made using the French libretto, of which the final Italian version is a translation. The various existing versions of the opera have led to an element of individual choice for directors and conductors. The version recorded by the Royal Swedish Opera, sung in Italian, includes a great deal of the original version, in order to present as clearly as possible the original narrative of Schiller's drama. Synopsis Act I [Track 1] Don Carlos, son of Philip II, King of Spain, is to marry Elisabeth de Valois and has secretly accompanied the Spanish envoy to Fontainebleau to catch a glimpse of his future bride. The winter scene opens in the forest of Fontainebleau, where Carlos, alone, hears the sound of royal huntsmen. [2] Don Carlos awaits the arrival of Elisabeth, anticipating the delight of true love. On their meeting Elisabeth and Don Carlos fall in love with each other, but it is soon announced from the palace that negotiations have led to the decision that she should, instead, become the wife of King Philip, to the distress of the young couple. Act II [3] The second act opens in the cloister of the Spanish monastery of St Yuste, where Don Carlos seeks consolation at the tomb of his ancestor, Charles V, who had abdicated his throne to become a m
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
The Vanbrugh Quartet
Soloists:New Budapest 4Tet
Soloists:Nancy So
