Schiller
Other operas based on plays by Friedrich Schiller:
Guillaume Tell (William Tell, Guglielmo Tell) - Gioachino Rossini
Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart) - Gaetano Donizetti
Don Carlos (Don Carlo) - Giuseppe Verdi
Information about the opera Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
Based on Schiller's dramatic poem 'Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'. After its lack of success in its original French version, Verdi revised the opera in 1882-83 and translated it into Italian as Don Carlo.
Recommended recordings on CD
Giulini/Domingo/Caballé (EMI CMS5 67401-2)
The five-act version in Italian, this is a superb performance with an outstanding cast and is the recommended version.
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, 1970.
Cast: Plácido Domingo (Don Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta di Valois), Shirley Verrett (La principessa d'Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo).
EMI CMS5 67401-2
Recommended recordings on DVD
Levine/Domingo/Freni (Deutsche Grammophon 073 4085GH)
A classic from the Metropolitan opera in New York.
Conducted by James Levine.
Cast: Plácido Domingo (Don Carlo), Mirella Freni (Elisabetta di Valois), Grace Bumbry (La principessa d'Eboli).
Deutsche Grammophon 073 4085GH
Chailly/Villazón/Roocroft (Opus Arte OA 0933 D)
The later 4-act Italian version of Verdi's dramatic tragedy, recorded live at Het Muziektheater Amsterdam in 2004.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, conducted by Riccardo Chailly, 2004.
Cast: Rolando Villazón (Don Carlo), Amanda Roocroft (Elisabetta di Valois), Violeta Urmana (La principessa d'Eboli), Dwayne Croft (Rodrigo).
Opus Arte OA 0933 D