The king (his own father) covets the love of his life, keeping him away from both his love and the throne, while his only friend betrays and abandons him. Thrown in such ways out of his journey through life, Don Carlo does not give up on himself despite all his desolation. He finds new courage to love and act. Although this seals his demise, hope remains at the side of people such as Don Carlo. When Verdi composed the piece based upon Friedrich Schiller’s drama of the same name, his own rational view of it showed no real opportunity for an Italy that had been freed from foreign rule – and yet his ideals were not silenced.
Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi Performed in Italian with German surtitles
Musical Director: Pier Giorgio Morandi
Staging: Eike Gramss
Set Design and Costume Design: Gottfried Pilz
Lighting Design: Jan Seeger
Choreography: Joachim Siska
Choir: Pablo Assante
Filipo II.: Matti Salminen
Elisabetta: Marjorie Owens
Don Carlo: Neil Shicoff
Eboli: Tichina Vaughn
Rodrigo: Christoph Pohl
Großinquisitor: Michael Eder
Conte di Lerma: Christopher Kaplan
Tebaldo: Christel Lötzsch
Ein Herold: Gerald Hupach
Gräfin d'Aremberg: Kira Tabatschnik
Ein Mönch: Tomislav Lucic
Stimme von oben: Elizabeth Zharoff
Erster Flandrischer Deputierter: Scott Conner
Zweiter Flandrischer Deputierter: Gunyong Na
Dritter Flandrischer Deputierter: Alexander Hajek
Vierter Flandrischer Deputierter: Allen Boxer
Fünfter Flandrischer Deputierter: Jürgen Commichau
Sechster Flandrischer Deputierter: Peter Lobert
Saxon State Opera Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden
With generous support of the Foundation for Support of the Semper Opera House
