Verdi's Don Carlo

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Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo (revised version in 4 acts)

I: Prelude

I, 1: "Carlo, il sommo Imperatore"

I, 1: "Io l'ho perduta! ... Io la vidi"

I, 1: "Il duolo della terra"

I, 1: "È lui! Desso! L'Infante!"

I, 1: "Questo arcano dal Re non fu sorpreso ancora?"

I, 1: "Dio, che nell'alma infondere amor"

I, 2: "Sotto ai folti, immensi abeti"

I, 2: "Tra queste mura pie la Regina"

I, 2: "Nei giardin del bello"

I, 2: "La Regina!"

I, 2: "Che mai si fa nel suol francese"

I, 2: "Carlo ch'è sol il nostro amore"

I, 2: "Io vengo a domandar"

I, 2: "Perduto ben, mio sol tesor"

I, 2: "Oh! Carlo! Oh! Carlo!"

I, 2: "Il Re!... Perché sola è la Regina?"

I, 2: "Non pianger, mia compagna"

I, 2: "Restate! Presso alla mia persona"

I, 2: "O Signor, di Fiandra arrivo"

I, 2: "Quest'è la pace che voi date al mondo?"

I, 2: "Osò lo sguardo tuo penetrar il mio soglio"

II, 1: Prelude

II, 1: "A mezzanotte, ai giardin della Regina"

II, 1: "Al mio furor sfuggite invano"

II, 1: "Ed io, che tremava al suo aspetto!"

II, 1: "Trema per te, falso figliuolo"

II, 1: "Carlo, se mai su te fogli importanti serbi"

II, 2: "Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza"

II, 2: " CORTEO REALE : Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza"

II, 2: "Schiusa or sia la porta del tempio!"

II, 2: "Nel posar sul mio capo la corona"

II, 2: "Sire! Egli è tempo ch'io viva!!"

II, 2: "O ciel! Tu! Rodrigo!"

III, 1 Introduction

III, 1: "Ella giammai m'amo!"

III, 1: "Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal"

III, 1: "Il Grand'Inquisitor!"

III, 1: "Giustizia, giustizia, Sire!"

III, 1: "Ah! sii maledetto, sospetto fatale"

III, 1: "Pieta! Pieta! perdon!"

III, 1: "Ah Più non vedrò la Regina! O don fatale, o don crudel"

III, 1: "O mia Regina, io t'immolai"

III, 2: "Son io, mio Carlo"

III, 2: "Per me giunto e il di supremo"

III, 2: "Che parli tu di morte?"

III, 2: "O, Carlo, ascolta, la madre"

III, 2: "Io morrò ma lieto in core"

III, 2: "Mio Carlo, a te la spada io rendo"

IV: Introduction

IV: "Tu che le vanita"

IV: "Carlo qui verrà"

IV: "Addio! Addio, bei sogni d’ôr"

IV: "Tu che le vanita"

IV: "E dessa!...Un detto, un sol"

IV: "Vago sogno m’arrise!"

IV: "Ma lassù ci vedremo"

IV: "Si, per sempre!"

Verdi's Don Carlo

Franco Zeffirelli (stage director), Riccardo Muti (conductor) – With Samuel Ramey (Philip II), Luciano Pavarotti (Don Carlo), Daniela Dessì (Elisabeth de Valois)...

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Cast

Franco Zeffirelli — Stage director, set designer

Anna Anni — Costumes designer

Gianni Mantovanini — Lighting designer

Anna Galli — Sculptor

Samuel Ramey — Philippe II, King of Spain

Luciano Pavarotti — Don Carlo, Infante of Spain

Paolo Coni — Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa

Program notes

Luciano Pavarotti gives a tour de force performance for the ages in the lead role of Verdi's Don Carlo at La Scala in Milan, staged by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli! The exceptional cast, which also features bass Samuel Ramey and soprano Daniela Dessì, performs alongside the impeccable house orchestra under the energetic baton of maestro Riccardo Muti.

Composed for the Paris Opera, Don Carlo (known as Don Carlos in its original French version) paints its characters' passions against a backdrop of political and religious forces that control their destiny. During a secret meeting, Don Carlo — heir to the Spanish throne — and French princess Elisabeth of Valois discover a mutual affection and aim to establish peace between France and Spain. In the end, Don Carlo's father, King Philip II, marries Elisabeth instead… The libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Socle anchors the love triangle in the political context of the Inquisition, in a dramatic and epic rewriting of history. Accused at the time of its release of being too "Wagnerian," with the orchestra and its leitmotifs taking center stage, and criticized for its unusual harmonic innovations, Don Carlo stands out today as one of Verdi's richest and most powerful works, made timeless by its thematic treatment of power and oppression.

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