Intro
Don Carlo
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Spanish royal court is gripped by an icy coldness: For reasons of politics, the heir to the throne, Don Carlo has lost his bride Elisabetta to his father, the Spanish king. The crown prince is also thwarted in his political ambitions. The king, on the other hand, is powerless against the fiercely devout Grand Inquisitor. It seems that only Carlos’s friend Rodrigo can break free of these political and private constraints. But his bold dream of freedom leads to catastrophe. Giuseppe Verdi explores his great theme, the incompatibility of politics and private happiness, through almost all the characters in this opera, which premiered in 1867. For modern audiences it paints an oppressively topical social panorama. In cooperation with the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Semperoper presents »Don Carlo« in the four-act Italian version of 1884, supplemented by a new instrumental prologue by composer Manfred Trojahn, which sets up the background to the drama.
Premiere 22. October 2021
Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
May
2024
Jun
2024
Dates
May
2024
Jun
2024
Info
- 6 pm – 9.50 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10.50 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10.50 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Info
- 7 pm – 10.50 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10.50 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Sub / Packages
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Sub / Packages
The piece is also part of
Sub / Packages
The piece is also part of
Cast
Cast12. May 2024Change
- Conductor Jordi Bernàcer
- Staging Vera Nemirova
- Künstlerische Collaboration Regie Sonja Nemirova
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Costume Design Frauke Schernau
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Prologue Altea Garrido
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Video rocafilm
- Dramaturgy Kai Weßler
- Filippo II Alexandros Stavrakakis
- Elisabetta di Valois Elena Guseva
- Don Carlo Stefan Pop
- La principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
- Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Christoph Pohl
- Graf von Lerma Joseph Dennis
- Lady d'Aremberg Leonie Nowak
- Tebaldo Dominika Škrabalová
- Herold Gerald Hupach
- Der Großinquisitor Taras Shtonda
- Ein Mönch Oleksandr Pushniak
- Stimme von oben Nikola Hillebrand
- Erster flandrischer Deputierter Sebastian Wartig
- Zweiter flandrischer Deputierter Ilya Silchuk
- Dritter flandrischer Deputierter Gerrit Illenberger
- Vierter flandrischer Deputierter Anton Beliaev
- Sechster flandrischer Deputierter Martin-Jan Nijhof
- The junge Elisabetta Chiara Detscher, Malwina Stepien
- Der junge Carlo Brian Scalini, Michael Tucker
Co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival
Generously supported by the Semperoper Foundation
Cast18. May 2024Change
- Conductor Jordi Bernàcer
- Staging Vera Nemirova
- Künstlerische Collaboration Regie Sonja Nemirova
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Costume Design Frauke Schernau
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Prologue Altea Garrido
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Video rocafilm
- Dramaturgy Kai Weßler
- Filippo II Alexandros Stavrakakis
- Elisabetta di Valois Elena Guseva
- Don Carlo Stefan Pop
- La principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
- Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Christoph Pohl
- Graf von Lerma Joseph Dennis
- Lady d'Aremberg Hyunduk Na
- Tebaldo Dominika Škrabalová
- Herold Gerald Hupach
- Der Großinquisitor Taras Shtonda
- Ein Mönch Oleksandr Pushniak
- Stimme von oben Nikola Hillebrand
- Erster flandrischer Deputierter Sebastian Wartig
- Zweiter flandrischer Deputierter Ilya Silchuk
- Dritter flandrischer Deputierter Gerrit Illenberger
- Vierter flandrischer Deputierter Lawson Anderson
- Sechster flandrischer Deputierter Martin-Jan Nijhof
- The junge Elisabetta Malwina Stepien
- Der junge Carlo Brian Scalini, Michael Tucker
Co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival
Generously supported by the Semperoper Foundation
Cast08. Jun 2024Change
- Conductor Jordi Bernàcer
- Staging Vera Nemirova
- Künstlerische Collaboration Regie Sonja Nemirova
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Costume Design Frauke Schernau
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Prologue Altea Garrido
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Video rocafilm
- Dramaturgy Kai Weßler
- Filippo II Alexandros Stavrakakis
- Elisabetta di Valois Elena Guseva
- Don Carlo Tomislav Mužek
- La principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
- Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Christoph Pohl
- Graf von Lerma Joseph Dennis
- Lady d'Aremberg Leonie Nowak
- Tebaldo Dominika Škrabalová
- Herold Gerald Hupach
- Der Großinquisitor Taras Shtonda
- Ein Mönch Oleksandr Pushniak
- Stimme von oben Nikola Hillebrand
- Erster flandrischer Deputierter Sebastian Wartig
- Zweiter flandrischer Deputierter Ilya Silchuk
- Dritter flandrischer Deputierter Gerrit Illenberger
- Vierter flandrischer Deputierter Anton Beliaev
- Sechster flandrischer Deputierter Martin-Jan Nijhof
- The junge Elisabetta Chiara Detscher, Malwina Stepien
- Der junge Carlo Brian Scalini, Michael Tucker
Co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival
Generously supported by the Semperoper Foundation
Cast15. Jun 2024Change
- Conductor Jordi Bernàcer
- Staging Vera Nemirova
- Künstlerische Collaboration Regie Sonja Nemirova
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Costume Design Frauke Schernau
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Prologue Altea Garrido
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Video rocafilm
- Dramaturgy Kai Weßler
- Filippo II Alexandros Stavrakakis
- Elisabetta di Valois Elena Guseva
- Don Carlo Tomislav Mužek
- La principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
- Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Christoph Pohl
- Graf von Lerma Joseph Dennis
- Lady d'Aremberg Hyunduk Na
- Tebaldo Dominika Škrabalová
- Herold Gerald Hupach
- Der Großinquisitor Taras Shtonda
- Ein Mönch Oleksandr Pushniak
- Stimme von oben Nikola Hillebrand
- Erster flandrischer Deputierter Sebastian Wartig
- Zweiter flandrischer Deputierter Ilya Silchuk
- Dritter flandrischer Deputierter Gerrit Illenberger
- Vierter flandrischer Deputierter Lawson Anderson
- Sechster flandrischer Deputierter Martin-Jan Nijhof
- The junge Elisabetta Chiara Detscher, Malwina Stepien
- Der junge Carlo Brian Scalini, Michael Tucker
Co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival
Generously supported by the Semperoper Foundation
Cast22. Jun 2024Change
- Conductor Jordi Bernàcer
- Staging Vera Nemirova
- Künstlerische Collaboration Regie Sonja Nemirova
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Costume Design Frauke Schernau
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Prologue Altea Garrido
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Video rocafilm
- Dramaturgy Kai Weßler
- Filippo II Alexandros Stavrakakis
- Elisabetta di Valois Elena Guseva
- Don Carlo Tomislav Mužek
- La principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
- Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Christoph Pohl
- Graf von Lerma Joseph Dennis
- Lady d'Aremberg Leonie Nowak
- Tebaldo Dominika Škrabalová
- Herold Gerald Hupach
- Der Großinquisitor Taras Shtonda
- Ein Mönch Oleksandr Pushniak
- Stimme von oben Nikola Hillebrand
- Erster flandrischer Deputierter Sebastian Wartig
- Zweiter flandrischer Deputierter Ilya Silchuk
- Dritter flandrischer Deputierter Gerrit Illenberger
- Vierter flandrischer Deputierter Lawson Anderson
- Sechster flandrischer Deputierter Martin-Jan Nijhof
- The junge Elisabetta Chiara Detscher, Malwina Stepien
- Der junge Carlo Brian Scalini, Michael Tucker
Co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival
Generously supported by the Semperoper Foundation
Complete Cast
- Conductor Jordi Bernàcer
- Staging Vera Nemirova
- Künstlerische Collaboration Regie Sonja Nemirova
- Set Design Heike Scheele
- Costume Design Frauke Schernau
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Prologue Altea Garrido
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Video rocafilm
- Dramaturgy Kai Weßler
- Filippo II Alexandros Stavrakakis
- Elisabetta di Valois Elena Guseva
- Don Carlo Stefan Pop(12., 18. May 2024), Tomislav Mužek(08., 15., 22. June 2024)
- La principessa Eboli Yulia Matochkina
- Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Christoph Pohl
- Graf von Lerma Joseph Dennis
- Lady d'Aremberg Leonie Nowak(12. May, 08., 22. June 2024), Hyunduk Na(18. May, 15. June 2024)
- Tebaldo Dominika Škrabalová
- Herold Gerald Hupach
- Der Großinquisitor Taras Shtonda
- Ein Mönch Oleksandr Pushniak
- Stimme von oben Nikola Hillebrand
- Erster flandrischer Deputierter Sebastian Wartig
- Zweiter flandrischer Deputierter Ilya Silchuk
- Dritter flandrischer Deputierter Gerrit Illenberger
- Vierter flandrischer Deputierter Anton Beliaev(12. May, 08. June 2024), Lawson Anderson(18. May, 15., 22. June 2024)
- Sechster flandrischer Deputierter Martin-Jan Nijhof
- The junge Elisabetta Chiara Detscher, Malwina Stepien
- Der junge Carlo Brian Scalini, Michael Tucker
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