Opera

Don Carlos

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
Opera in four acts
Sung in Italian, with German surtitles.

Libretto: Joseph Méry & Camille Du Locle, based on the dramatic play »Don Carlos, Infante of Spain« by Friedrich Schiller (1787)
Italian version by Achille de Lauzières & Angelo Zanardini
Premiere: 1884 in Milan (original version 1867 in Paris)

Trailer: Theater TV – Ullrich Bohn

Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Don Carlos is based on the dramatic play »Don Carlos, Infante of Spain« (1784) by Friedrich Schiller, in which the Marquis of Posa addresses King Philip with the subversive words »Sire, grant us the freedom of thought!«. This inner fire is also reflected in the energetic, forward-pushing music of Verdi's opera. Uwe Eric Laufenberg directs this new production.

PREMIERE: 20 March 2022

Cast

Conductor Antonello Allemandi
Director Uwe Eric Laufenberg
Stage Design Rolf Glittenberg
Costume Design Marianne Glittenberg
Chorus Master Albert Horne
Lighting Design Andreas Frank
Dramaturgy Daniel C. Schindler

Philippe II Timo Riihonen, Günther Groissböck
Don Carlo Rodrigo Porras Garulo, Riccardo Massi
Rodrigue, Marquis of Posa Aluda Todua
Grand Inquisitor Young Doo Park, Timo Riihonen
A monk Seungwon Choi
Elisabeth Cristina Pasaroiu
Princess Eboli Veronica Simeoni, Alessandra Volpe, Ketevan Kemoklidze
Tebaldo Fleuranne Brockway
Count Lerma Julian Habermann
A heavenly voice Sumi Hwang
Monk Charles V Gabriele Ascani
Flemish Envoys Josua Bernbeck, Leon Tchakachow, Christopher Jähnig, Tim-Lukas Reuter, Agostino Subacchi, Seongbeom Gu, (Studenten der HfMDK Frankfurt)
Chor, Chorsolisten & Extrachor des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden, Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden