Verdi's Don Carlo
Lluís Pasqual (stage director), Riccardo Chailly (conductor) — With Michele Pertusi (Philip II), Anna Netrebko (Elisabeth), Francesco Meli (Don Carlo), Elīna Garanča (Eboli) …
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Cast
Lluís Pasqual — Stage director
Daniel Bianco — Set designer
Franca Squarciapino — Costumes
Pascal Mérat — Lighting
Franc Aleu — Video
Nuria Castejón — Choreographer
Michele Pertusi — Philip II, King of Spain
Francesco Meli — Don Carlo, Infante of Spain
Luca Salsi — Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa
Jongmin Park — The Grand Inquisitor
Jongmin Park — A monk
Anna Netrebko — Elisabeth of Valois
Elīna Garanča — Princess Eboli
Elisa Verzier — Thibault, page to Elizabeth
Jinxu Xiahou — The Count of Lerma / Royal Herald
Rosalia Cid — A voice from Heaven
Students of the Teatro alla Scala Academy — Flemish envoys
Program notes
Every year, opera fans look forward to December 7—the day when La Scala opens its new season with a guaranteed blockbuster—and we're delighted to bring you to Milan for the 2023 opener: one of Giuseppe Verdi's most assured masterpieces, Don Carlo, with a star-studded cast that includes Michele Pertusi, Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, and Francesco Meli! Legendary director Lluís Pasqual, co-founder of Barcelona's prestigious Teatre Lliure, created a new mise en scène for the occasion, and maestro Riccardo Chailly leads the note-perfect house orchestra in Verdi's spellbinding score.
A longtime favorite at the world-famous venue since it hosted the premiere of the four-act Italian version in 1884, Don Carlo has been conducted at La Scala by the likes of Arturo Toscanini and Claudio Abbado (who opened the 1968 and 1977 seasons with it), and it is now Chailly's turn to help bring Verdi's beloved drama to life. 16th-century political intrigue and filial conflict hit an opera-worthy boiling point in the libretto based on Friedrich Schiller's historical tragedy, as King Philip II of Spain (Michele Pertusi) suspects his wife Elisabeth (Anna Netrebko) of betraying him with his own son, Don Carlo (Francesco Meli), to whom she had first been betrothed…
Photo © La Scala / Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano
