Salzburg Festival: Verdi, Don Carlo

Synopsis

The Salzburg Festival hosts a new production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo”, directed by Peter Stein and embodied by Jonas Kaufmann. The production is based on the original version of the opera, which includes those passages that were cut shortly before the first performance in 1867. Verdi’s masterpiece demands world-class singers at the peak of their powers, such as Jonas Kaufmann, “who combines absolute technical stability with the highest musical intelligence”, and soprano Anja Harteros, who’s “Elisabetta is quite simply sublime: majestically phrased, rich in nuance, clear of diction and moving easily from immaculately floated pianissimo to sterling fortissimo”. (The Telegraph)

Additional Info

• No: A04050012
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker / Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
• Artists: Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Thomas Hampson, Matti Salminen
• Production year: 2013
• Run time: 03:55:00
• Director: Agnes Méth / Stage Director: Peter Stein
• Producers: A co-production of ORF, UNITEL, NHK, ZDF for Arte in cooperation with Wiener Philharmoniker, Salzburg Festival and CLASSICA
• Format: HDTV 16:9