Details

Based on a Schiller play, Don Carlos brings history to life with huge dramatic force. Verdi's largest most ambitious opera deals with the clash of personal and political motives at the court of Philip II of Spain, against a background of bitter religious and national conflicts.

Cast/Performers

Jonas Kaufmann (Don Carlo), Marina Poplavskaya (Elizabeth of Valois), Simon Keenlyside (Rodrigo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Philip II), Marianne Cornetti (Princess Eboli, Robert Lloyd (Carlos V), John Tomlinson (Grand Inquisitor), Pumeza Matshikiza (Tebaldo), Robert Anthony Gardiner (Count of Lerma), Eri Nakamura (Voice from Heaven), Daniel Grice (Flemish Deputies), Changhan Lim (Flemish Deputies), David Stout, Dawid Kimberg, Lukas Jakobski, John Cunningham

Creatives/Company

Music: Verdi
Lyrics(s): Joseph Mery, Camille du Locle
Corporate Sponsor: Coutts (2008)
Producer(s): Royal Opera, Metropolitan Opera New York, Den Norske Opera Oslo
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Director(s): Nicholas Hytner, Scarlett Mackmin (movement), Terry King (fight)
Design: Bob Crowley
Lighting: Mark Henderson