Verdi: Don Carlo

"Verdi's Don Carlo at the Salzburg Opera Festival"

2013 4h 40m IT

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Synopsis

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Verdi wrote this five act opera with a French Libretto for the Paris opera. Premiere 1867. Then there are three versions of this opera, the French 1867 version, the revised Italian four Act Don Carlo 1884, plus the Modena version 1886. This version is the 1884 version with Act One reinstated, as well as the original beginning of Act 2. To complicate matters the French opera was simply translated into Italian, and then the changes were made. There is an even newer edition completed in 1980 by Ricordi, and others floating around as well.

“Verdi's Don Carlo at the Salzburg Opera Festival”

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Cast

Matti Salminen
Filippo II
Jonas Kaufmann
Don Carlo
Thomas Hampson
Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Anja Harteros
Elisabetta di Valois
Eric Halfvarson
Il Grande Inquisitore
Ekaterina Semenchuk
La Principessa Eboli
Robert Lloyd
Un Frate (Carlo V)
Maria Celeng
Tebaldo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Leopold Knötzl
Writers: Achille de Lauzières, Camille du Locle, Angelo Zanardini
Languages: Italian

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RUNTIME

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At 280 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Giuseppe Verdi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Matti Salminen and Jonas Kaufmann and Thomas Hampson carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Verdi's Don Carlo at the Salzburg Opera Festival".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3710612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Leopold Knötzl directs. Giuseppe Verdi scores. A long sit — settle in. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1At 280 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Giuseppe Verdi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Matti Salminen and Jonas Kaufmann and Thomas Hampson carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Verdi's Don Carlo at the Salzburg Opera Festival".
7IMDB entry: tt3710612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.