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
PREMIERE
- 16 August 1975, 18:30
- 21 August 1975, 18:30
- 26 August 1975, 18:30
- 29 August 1975, 18:30
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Herbert von Karajan, Conductor
Herbert von Karajan, Director
Günther Schneider-Siemssen, Sets
Georges Wakhevitch, Costumes
Walter Hagen-Groll, Chorus Master
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Flilppo II.
Plácido Domingo, Don Carlo
Piero Cappuccilli, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Gheorghe Crasnaru, Il Grande Inquisitore
José van Dam, Un Frate (Carlo V)
Mirella Freni, Elisabetta di Valois
Christa Ludwig, La Principessa Eboli
Eva Randova, La Principessa Eboli
Gabriele Fuchs, Tebaldo, paggio d´Elisabetta
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Voce dal cielo
Helga Gassner, La Contessa d´Aremberg
Giorgio Stendoro, Il Conte di Lerma
Robert Kerns, Un Araldo Reale
E. Lee Davis, Deputati fiamminghi
István Gáti, Deputati fiamminghi
Hannes Jokel, Deputati fiamminghi
Richard Lombardi, Deputati fiamminghi
Eberhard Storz, Deputati fiamminghi
Klaus Walprecht, Deputati fiamminghi
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien,
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper,
Vienna Philharmonic,