Giuseppe Verdi 2DVD 2014 Don Carlo: Wiener Philharmoniker / Opera in five acts / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Conducted by Antonio Pappano / Starring: Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros... / Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival 2013 / Sony Classical

UPC / EAN 888430057692

REGION 0 NTSC (ALL REGIONS)

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: Italian, LPCM 2.0 & DTS Digital surround

SUBTITLES: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Korean and Chinese

Total Runtime: 237 minutes (2 discs)

English Summary:

Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlo - Opera in five acts

"Jealously, treachery, forbidden love, revenge and self-sacrifice...set against a dark backdrop of suffocating religious repression and political tyranny" (Bloomberg) Giuseppe Verdi's late opera Don Carlo delivers all the big topics while the ultra-simple décor in Peter Stein's production provides a spartan counterpoint to the dramatic action.

"With Antonio Pappano in the pit, Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros brought to their interpretations of the leading roles rapturous arcs of phrasing and refulgence of tone that we have not heard for a generation. Verdi's music can weather mediocrity and still provide audiences with enjoyment...but here he was truly honoured as he would have wished." The Telegraph

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (I1813 – 1901) was an Italian opera composer. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini, whose works significantly influenced him. Verdi, the first child of Carlo Giuseppe Verdi (1785–1867) and Luigia Uttini (1787–1851), was born at their home in Le Roncole, a village near Busseto, then in the Département Taro and within the borders of the First French Empire following the annexation of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in 1808. The baptismal register, prepared on 11 October 1813, lists his parents Carlo and Luigia as "innkeeper" and "spinner" respectively. Additionally, it lists Verdi as being "born yesterday", but since days were often considered to begin at sunset, this could have meant either 9 or 10 October. Following his mother, Verdi always celebrated his birthday on 9 October, the day he himself believed he was born.

Cast:

Filippo II Matti Salminen

Don Carlo Jonas Kaufmann

Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa

Thomas Hampson
Elisabetta di Valois Anja Harteros

La Principessa Eboli Ekaterina Semenchuk
ll Grande Inquisitore Eric Halfvarson

Un frate (Carlo V) Robert Lloyd
Tebaldo Maria Celeng
Una voce dal cielo Kiandra Howarth

Credits:
Chorus Master Jörn Hinnerk Andresen
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Stage Director Peter Stein
Set Designer Ferdinand Wögerbauer
Costume Designer Annamaria Heinreich
Lighting Designer Joachim Barth
Choreographer Lia Tsolaki

Video Director Agnes Méth