Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos, Infante of Spain) by Friedrich Schiller. The opera is usually performed in Italian. In addition, it has been noted by David Kimball that the Fontainebleau scene and auto da fé "were the most substantial of several incidents borrowed from a contemporary play on Philip II by Eugène Cormon".
| Librettist | Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle (Based on the dramatic play "Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien" (Don Carlos, Infante of Spain) by Friedrich Schiller) |
| Date of composition | 1866 (1865-1866) |
| Premiered | 1867, March 11th in Paris, France |
| Type | Opera |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Voice (Bass)
- Philippe II, roi d’Espagne (Philip II, the King of Spain, son of Charles V and father of Don Carlos)
Voice (Tenor) - Don Carlos, infant d’Espagne (Infante of Spain, son and heir to the King) Voice (Baritone) - Rodrigue, marquis de Posa (Marquis of Posa, a friend of the Infante Don Carlos) Voice (Bass) - Le Grand Inquisiteur (The Grand Inquisitor) Voice (Bass) - Un moine (a monk, the apparition of the deceased Emperor Charles V, or "Carlo Quinto") Voice (Soprano) - Élisabeth de Valois, future reine d'Espagne (Elisabeth of Valois, a French princess initially betrothed to Don Carlos but then married to King Philip) Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - La princesse Eboli, sa dame d’honneur (an aristocrat in court) Voice (Soprano) - Thibault, page d’Élisabeth (page to Elisabeth) Silent Role - La comtesse d’Aremberg (a lady-in-waiting to Elisabeth) Voice (Tenor) - Le comte de Lerme (a Spanish delegate to France) Voice (Tenor) - Un héraut royal (Royal Herald) Voice (Soprano) - Une voix céleste (A Voice from Heaven) Chorus/Choir - Députés flamands, inquisiteurs, seigneurs et dames des cours de France et d’Espagne, peuple, gardes, moines, soldats (Flemish envoys, Inquisitors, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Spanish Court, the people, Pages, Guards, Monks, Soldiers) Orchestra |
| Arrangements |
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Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo
● Franz Liszt: Finale de Don Carlos (Coro di festa e Marcia funebre), S. 435 |
| Autotranslations beta |
Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos |
Verdi - Don Carlos Opéra National de Paris 19/10/2017 Acte 5: "Toi qui sus le néant" ("Tu che le vanita") Sonya Yoncheva Philippe Jordan