Verdi: Don Carlos

Verdi: Don Carlos

210 mins | Music | March 1, 1996

Luc Bondy's 1996 production of Don Carlos was staged, recorded and filmed at the Chatelet in Paris. These seven performances were blessed with an all-star cast, loaded with important singers either starting their careers (Roberto Alagna) or at the height of their dramatic powers (Karita Mattila, Jose Van Dam.)

Verdi: Don Carlos

210 mins | Music | March 1, 1996

Verdi: Don Carlos
Luc Bondy's 1996 production of Don Carlos was staged, recorded and filmed at the Chatelet in Paris. These seven performances were blessed with an all-star cast, loaded with important singers either starting their careers (Roberto Alagna) or at the height of their dramatic powers (Karita Mattila, Jose Van Dam.)
Producers Théâtre du Châtelet
Original title Verdi: Don Carlos
Directors Yves-André Hubert, Luc Bondy
Writers Joseph Méry, Friedrich Schiller, Camille du Locle

Cast

Roberto Alagna

as Don Carlos, Infante of Spain

Thomas Hampson

as Rodrigue, Marquis of Posa

José van Dam

as Philippe II

Karita Mattila

as Elizabeth de Valois

Waltraud Meier

as La Princesse Eboli

Eric Halfvarson

as Le Grand Inquisiteur

Csaba Airizer

as Un moine / Charles V

Anat Efraty

as Thibault

Donna Brown

as Une voix d'en haut

Scott Weir

as Le comte de Lerme / Un hérault royal

Antonio Pappano

as Conductor