Don Carlo - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Don Carlo
Opera in four acts with a prologue for orchestra (world premiere) and an interlude for cello solo by Manfred Trojahn
Libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle translated into Italian by Achille de Lauzieres-Themines and Angelo Zanardini
In Italian with German and English surtitles
The Spanish royal court is freezing cold: Don Carlo, heir to the throne, loses his bride Elisabetta to his father, the Spanish king, for political reasons. The crown prince cannot realize his political ambitions either. The king, in turn, is powerless against the devout Grand Inquisitor. Only Carlo's friend Rodrigo seems to be able to overcome the limits of political and private constraints. But his bold dream of freedom leads to catastrophe. Giuseppe Verdi plays through his major theme, the incompatibility of politics and private happiness, in almost all of the characters in his opera, which premiered in 1867, and thus unfolds an oppressively modern social panorama. In cooperation with the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Semperoper is showing »Don Carlo« in the four-act Italian version from 1884, supplemented by the instrumental introduction newly composed by the composer Manfred Trojahn, which tells the history of the drama.
Subject to change.
Libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle translated into Italian by Achille de Lauzieres-Themines and Angelo Zanardini
In Italian with German and English surtitles
The Spanish royal court is freezing cold: Don Carlo, heir to the throne, loses his bride Elisabetta to his father, the Spanish king, for political reasons. The crown prince cannot realize his political ambitions either. The king, in turn, is powerless against the devout Grand Inquisitor. Only Carlo's friend Rodrigo seems to be able to overcome the limits of political and private constraints. But his bold dream of freedom leads to catastrophe. Giuseppe Verdi plays through his major theme, the incompatibility of politics and private happiness, in almost all of the characters in his opera, which premiered in 1867, and thus unfolds an oppressively modern social panorama. In cooperation with the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Semperoper is showing »Don Carlo« in the four-act Italian version from 1884, supplemented by the instrumental introduction newly composed by the composer Manfred Trojahn, which tells the history of the drama.
Subject to change.