Don Carlo
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Broadcast date : Aug. 16, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
Antonio Pappano conductor
Peter Stein stage director
Ferdinand Wögerbauer set designer
Annamaria Heinreich costume designer
Joachim Barth lightings
Lia Tsolaki choreography
Jörn Hinnerk Andresen chorus master
Matti Salminen (Flilppo II)
Jonas Kaufmann (Don Carlo)
Anja Harteros (Elisabetta di Valois)
Thomas Hampson (Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa)
Ekaterina Semenchuk (La Principessa Eboli)
Eric Halfvarson (Il Grande Inquisitore)
Robert Lloyd (Un frate)
Maria Celeng (Tebaldo)
Sen Guo (Una voce dal cielo)
Benjamin Bernheim (Il Conte di Lerma/Un Araldo reale)
Members of the Young Singers Project (Sei deputati
fiamminghi)
Concert Association of the Vienna State
Opera Chorus
Wiener Philharmoniker
Agnes Méth movie director
The Salzburg Festival hosts a new production of Verdi's Don
Carlo, directed by Peter Stein and embodied by Jonas Kaufmann!
In the second half of the 16th century, a peace treaty
between France and Spain
is to be sealed by the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth of Valois, daughter
of Henry II, and Don Carlos, son of Philipp II and heir of the Spanish throne.
When Don Carlos (Jonas Kaufmann) and her future spouse meet
for the first time, they fall in love on sight, although they both were
apprehensive over their marriage to a stranger. But their happiness does not
last long, because the peace treaty arrangements have been altered: Henry II
now intends to marry his daughter to King Philip himself. To ensure peace
between France and Spain, Elizabeth
consents, and lets Carlos devastated.
As ever in Verdi's masterpieces, Don Carlo's story takes its
roots in the political and religious situation of Europe.
Just like in a Racinian tragedy, the lovers' path is determined by a political
situation which overwhelms them.
This dream cast gathers one of the most sought-after tenors
of the moment, Jonas Kaufmann, and the best Verdian singers on the operatic
scene.
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Salzburg Don Carlo - working link
Salzburg's
Verdi Don Carlo will be broadcast live on Medici TV at 4.30 European time (3.30
BST) FRIDAY 16th. I hope the link will
work !You might have to pay to view but that's fair enough. It's fundamentally
anti-art to expect everything free or cheap. With a cast like this only a boor
would quibble:
Matti Salminen (Flilppo II) Jonas Kaufmann (Don Carlo) Anja
Harteros (Elisabetta di Valois) Thomas Hampson (Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa)
Ekaterina Semenchuk (La Principessa Eboli) Eric Halfvarson (Il Grande
Inquisitore) Robert Lloyd (Un frate) Maria Celeng (Tebaldo) Sen Guo (Una voce
dal cielo) Benjamin Bernheim (Il Conte di Lerma/Un Araldo reale) Members of the
Young Singers Project (Sei deputati fiamminghi) Concert Association of the
Vienna State Opera Chorus Wiener Philharmoniker. Antonio Pappano conducts