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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)

José Van Dam (Philippe II), Roberto Alagna (Don Carlos), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Eric Halfvarson (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Karita Mattila (Élisabeth de Valois), Waltraud Meier (La princesse Eboli)

Orchestre de Paris & Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet, Antonio Pappano

Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)

Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)

José Van Dam (Philippe II), Roberto Alagna (Don Carlos), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Eric Halfvarson (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Karita Mattila (Élisabeth de Valois), Waltraud Meier (La princesse Eboli)

Orchestre de Paris & Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet, Antonio Pappano

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Don Carlos, one of Verdi’s supreme achievements, received its premiere in Paris and this live recording from the city’s Théâtre du Châtelet presents the original, five-act version of the opera. Singing eloquently in their native French, Robert Alagna and José van Dam head a charismatic cast, while Antonio Pappano, in the words of Gramophone, leads “an inspiriting performance of Verdi’s singular music-drama depicting private tragedy within public conflict … a subtly shaped, superbly paced and vital interpretation from start to finish.”

  • Release date: 18th May 2018
  • Label: Erato
  • Series: The Home of Opera
  • Catalogue number: 9029581793
  • Length: 3 hours 25 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)
Work length3:25:25
This work is only available as an album download.
"Le cerf s'enfuit sous la ramure" (Chorus) [Live]
Track length1:16
"Fontainebleau ! Forêt immense et solitaire !" (Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length1:53
"Je l'ai vue, et dans son sourire" (Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length2:09
"Le bruit du cor s'éteint sous l'ombre épaisse" (Don Carlos, Thibault, Élisabeth) [Live]
Track length2:29
"Que faites-vous donc ?" (Élisabeth, Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length3:53
"De quels transports poignants" (Élisabeth, Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length4:33
"À celui qui nous vient, madame" (Thibault, Élisabeth, Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length2:08
"Ô chants de fête et d'allégresse" (Chorus, Élisabeth, Don Carlos, Comte de Lerme) [Live]
Track length6:32
"Charles Quint, l'auguste empereur" (Chorus, Un moine) [Live]
Track length6:29
"Au couvent de Saint-Just" (Don Carlos, Un moine) [Live]
Track length1:55
"Le voilà ! C'est l'infant !" (Rodrigue, Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length5:24
"Dieu, tu semas dans nos âmes" (Don Carlos, Rodrigue, Chorus, Un moine) [Live]
Track length4:35
"Sous ces bois au feuillage immense" (Chorus, Thibault, Eboli) [Live]
Track length3:21
"Au palais des fées ... " (Eboli, Thibault, Chorus) [Live]
Track length4:25
"La Reine !" (Chorus, Eboli, Élisabeth, Thibault, Rodrigue) [Live]
Track length3:51
"L'infant Carlos, notre espérance" (Rodrigue, Eboli, Élisabeth) [Live]
Track length4:25
"Je viens solliciter de la reine" (Don Carlos, Élisabeth) [Live]
Track length3:45
"Ô bien perdu ... " (Don Carlos, Elisabeth) [Live]
Track length6:28
"Le Roi !" (Thibault, Philippe, Chorus) [Live]
Track length1:15
"Ô ma chère compagne" (Élisabeth, Chorus, Rodrigue, Philippe) [Live]
Track length4:21
"Restez !" (Philippe, Rodrigue) [Live]
Track length2:23
"Ô roi ! J'arrive de Flandres" (Rodrigue, Philippe) [Live]
Track length4:45
"Votre regard hardi s'est levé sur mon trône" (Philippe, Rodrigue) [Live]
Track length3:43
"Que de fleurs et que d'étoiles" (Chorus, Élisabeth, Eboli) [Live]
Track length4:01
"A minuit, aux jardins de la reine" (Don Carlos, Eboli) [Live]
Track length4:37
"Que dit-il ? Il est en délire ... " (Rodrigue, Eboli, Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length3:06
"Et moi qui tremblais devant elle !" (Eboli, Rodrigue, Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length4:26
"Ce jour heureux est plein d'allégresse" (Chorus, Les moines, Comte de Lerme) [Live]
Track length9:17
"En plaçant sur mon front, peuple, cette couronne" (Philippe, Chorus, Élisabeth, Rodrigue, Don Carlos, Les députés flamands, Les moines) [Live]
Track length6:02
"Sire, il est temps !" (Don Carlos, Philippe, Élisabeth, Rodrigue, Thibault, Les moines, Chorus, Une voix d'en haut) [Live]
Track length5:10
"Elle ne m'aime pas" (Philippe) [Live]
Track length9:52
"Le Grand Inquisiteur !" (Comte de Lerme, Le Grand Inquisiteur, Philippe) [Live]
Track length3:49
"Dans ce beau pays" (Le Grand Inquisiteur, Philippe) [Live]
Track length5:42
"Justice, sire !" (Élisabeth, Philippe, Eboli, Rodrigue) [Live]
Track length5:02
"Maudit soit le soupçon infâme" (Philippe, Rodrigue, Eboli, Élisabeth) [Live]
Track length5:13
"Pitié ! Pardon pour la femme coupable !" (Eboli, Élisabeth) [Live]
Track length4:12
"Ô don fatal et détesté" (Eboli) [Live]
Track length4:51
"C'est moi, Carlos" (Rodrigue, Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length3:20
"Oui, Carlos ! C'est mon jour suprême" (Rodrigue, Don Carlos) [Live]
Track length4:22
"Carlos, écoute ... " (Rodrigue) [Live]
Track length4:00
"Mon fils, reprenez votre épée" (Philippe, Don Carlos, Chorus) [Live]
Track length6:49
"Ciel ! Le tocsin !" (Chorus, Comte de Lerme, Philippe, Eboli, Élisabeth, Le Grand Inquisiteur) [Live]
Track length3:52
"Toi qui sus le néant des grandeurs de ce monde" (Élisabeth) [Live]
Track length11:25
This track is only available as an album download.
"C'est elle !" (Don Carlos, Élisabeth) [Live]
Track length3:36
"Au revoir dans un monde où la vie est meilleure" (Élisabeth, Don Carlos, Philippe, Le Grand Inquistieur, Un moine, Chorus) [Live]
Track length6:43

Spotlight on this release

  • José van Dam (1940-2026)

    20th Feb 2026

    The elegant Belgian bass-baritone, who created the title-role in Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise and excelled in repertoire from Mozart to Wagner, died on Tuesday aged 85.

    Classical Obituary
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