Arrangement from Friday 9 to Monday 12 May 2025,
3 nights
Giuseppe Verdi’s (1813-1901) grand and full-length opera “Don Carlos” is based on Friedrich Schiller’s drama “Don Karlos, Infant of Spain”. The French original of 1867 was first performed in Paris, belongs to the genre of the Grand Opéra, was Verdi’s third commissioned work for the Paris Opera and has five acts; a second, shorter version was not performed until 17 years later at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Unlike the first version, this one contains four acts and has an Italian libretto instead of a French one. This also explains the two different spellings of the work: "Don Carlos" / "Don Carlo".It is now known that seven different versions of the opera exist. After massive criticism, the composer was repeatedly forced to make changes and cuts to his work, as the first version, with almost five hours of playing time, was too lengthy even for the Parisian audience - an educated and music-loving audience that was quite used to the lengthy duration of the large-scale and epic Grand Opéra. After the second version had been favoured until the end of the 20th century, theatres today tend to favour the first, longer version, since in it the plots and motivations of the characters can be presented much better and more coherently.
Don Carlo♪ - G. Verdi, the 10, 17h
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor, born in Bombay on April 29, 1936. Trained at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, he then led an international career, conducting several orchestras, including the Philharmonic Orchestra from Israel. Zubin Mehta is particularly famous for his interpretations of neo-romantic symphonic music such as that of composers like Anton Bruckner, Richard Strauss or Gustav Mahler. Its conductor is renowned for its flamboyance and power.
Zubin Mehta♪ - Jürgen Rose
Rachel Willis-Sorensen,
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Ekaterina Semenchuk was born in the former Soviet Union in Minsk in 1976. She studied singing at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersberg and made her debut at the famous Mariinsky Theater while still a student. Her broad repertoire includes important and technically demanding roles such as Azucena in Verdi’s Il trovatore, Princess Eboli (Don Carlo) and Amneris (Aida), as well as the roles of Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Marina (Boris Godunov) and the title role of Carmen. The mezzo-soprano makes guest appearances at all the major international houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Opéra de Paris, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Teatro alla Scala or at the Salzburg Festival.
Ekaterina Semenchuk♪, Stephen Costello, George Petean,
Erwin Schrott
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1972, bass-baritone Erwin Schrott is one of the leading Mozart interpreters of our time. In 1998 he won the singing competition "Operalia" and began his international stage career. His leading roles include Don Giovanni, Figaro and Leporello (Don Giovanni) - with which he made his celebrated debut at the Salzburg Summer Festival in 2008. His other repertoire includes the role of Escamillo (Carmen), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’amore), Procida (Les Vêpres siciliennes), Banquo (Macbeth), Méphistophélès (Faust) and the title role of Attila. In addition to opera productions, Schrott also performs in concert.His performance at Berlin’s Waldbühne in summer 2012 together with (his then partner) Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann caused quite a stir and was broadcast live in 20 countries. Further engagements have taken Schrott to many of the great houses of our time, including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Vienna State Opera or the London Royal Opera House at Covent Garden or the Bavarian State Opera.
Erwin Schrott♪, Dmitry Belosselskiy
Staatsoper
Giselle - A. Adam, the 11, ballet, 18h
Andrea Quinn - Peter Wright
Staatsoper