Verdi, DON CARLO Ella giammai m'amò

GIUSEPPE VERDI - DON CARLO
Dramma lirico in four Acts

Libretto by Joseph Méry e Camille du Locle

Conductor Daniel Oren
Director Cesare Lievi
Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus master Martino Faggiani
Teatro Regio di Parma, October 2016

Video Director Tiziano Mancini
Setz and costumes Maurizio Balò

Cast
Filippo II, the King of Spain Michele Pertusi
Don Carlo, Infante of Spain José Bros
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Vladimir Stoyanov
Elisabeth de Valois Serena Farnocchia
Princess Eboli Marianne Cornetti
The Great Inquisitor Ievgen Orlov
A monk Simon Lim

An excellent cast for the opening season of Festival Verdi 2016 –
Teatro Regio di Parma.
First performed in French at the Paris Opera in 1867, Don Carlo
is in many ways an amazingly innovative work. The opera seems
to underline Verdi’s shift from the Manichean division between
good and evil, which had been a clear, structural element of his
dramaturgy up to that point in his career. In this opera, Verdi
assembles all his mainstay music theatre themes: power, with its
honours and burdens; the contrasts of impossible love; the conflict
between father and son; and an oppressed people demanding
freedom.
Verdi radically revised the score in 1883, using an Italian libretto
and reducing the opera from five acts to four. The popularity of
Don Carlo has grown unremittingly ever since, with today's critics
almost unanimously recognising it as one of Verdi’s greatest
masterpieces, an opera that continues to reveal new gems.
Daniel Oren is fully in control on the podium, ensuring unanimity
between orchestra and singers. The Maestro softens the dark
tones of the score, which are well reflected in the visuals, choosing
instead to emphasise the various changes of mood.

Available in CD, DVD, Bluray.

DVD Code 37776 (2 DVDs)
Barcode: 8007144377762

BLURAY Code 57776 (2 Bluray discs)
Barcode: 8007144577766

Category: OPERA / Sung in: Italian
Video Format/ Aspect ratio: NTSC – 16:9
Audio Format: PCM 2.0 - Dolby digital 5.1
Subtitles: Ita, Eng, Fre, Ger, Jap, Kor
Region code: 0 – All regions
Recorded live at Teatro Regio di Parma, October 2016
Duration: 182 min.