Don Carlos 'Opera in four Acts' - Giuseppe Verdi 'Abbado' '1978 Live recording'

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Don Carlos 'Opera in four Acts' - Giuseppe Verdi 'Abbado' '1978 Live recording'

Composition Year: 1867-1886
First Performance: 1867-03-11 in Paris, Salle Le Peletier

This performance is interesting not only for its excellent composition, but also for the fact that Abbado decided to restore some of the music that is not usually performed. Verdi wrote this opera for the Paris Grand Opera in 1867 and made a number of notes before the premiere. Subsequently, he revised the opera several more times, the most radical revision being the Milan edition of 1884, without the first act at Fontainebleau and with other significant changes.

This recording generally follows the Modena version of 1886 (with changes made for Milan, but with the first act restored), but it also contains a number of fragments of the original Parisian version, which in our time can be heard quite rarely: a large choral introduction, a scene at the queen's ball, a scene of mourning for Rodrigo, an expanded the final. But there are also a couple of bills - in the first duet of Carlos and Elizabeth and in the romance of Rodrigo.

Performers:

Philip II - Evgeny Nesterenko
Don Carlos - Placido Domingo
Elizabeth - Margaret Price
Princess Eboli - Elena Obraztsova
Rodrigo di Poza - Renato Bruzon
The Grand Inquisitor - Luigi Roni

La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Claudio Abbado - Conductor

Recorded: Milan, 7 January 1978, Live recording
Recording quality: Medium

Music contained in this video is licensed to: BellaVoce.