Verdi: Don Carlo
Impressive effort but not quite total opera
2013 it 217 minutes
Rating: 0
Plot
Teatro Regio’s 2013 revival of their highly successful 2006 production of Verdi’s Don Carlo celebrates the 40th anniversary of the theatre’s reopening in 1973. With traditional staging and lavish costume design, the production garnered high acclaim in the national and international press, with GB Opera commending the ‘sumptuous’ setting and French online music magazine ResMusica praising director Hugo de Ana’s decision to revive the show ‘in all its splendour’. Shown here in the four-act version, Don Carlo is the fascinating tale of father-son power struggles, adultery and love that borders on incest. The cast – under the powerful baton of Gianandrea Noseda – is headed by renowned Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas, and also features Ludovic Tézier, who has been hailed as ‘one of the best Verdian singers of our time’
Trailer
Cast
Ramón Vargas
Don Carlo
Svetlana Kasyan
Elisabetta
Ildar Abdrazakov
Il Re
Ludovic Tézier
Rodrigo
Daniela Barcellona
Eboli
Marco Spotti
Gran Inquisittor
Roberto Tagliavini
Monje
Sonia Ciani
Tebaldo
Dario Prola
Lerma
Erika Grimaldi
Voz del Cielo
Gianandrea Noseda
Conductor