Verdi - Don Carlo
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act version
Franco Corelli (Don Carlo), Mary Curtis-Verna (Elisabetta), Mario Sereni (Rodrigo), Irene Dalis (Eboli), Jerome Hines (Filippo II), Hermann Uhde (Il Grande Inquisitore) & Martina Arroyo (voice from above)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Nino Verchi
2 CDs
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Placido Domingo: Verdi
RecommendedPlacido Domingo (baritone), Angel Joy Blue (Amelia), Gianluca Buratto (Fiesco), Fernando Piqueras (Paolo), Bonifaci Carrillo (Pietro), Aquiles Machado (Gabriele), Gianluca Buratto (Ferrando), Aquiles Machado (Carlo), Gianluca Buratto (Chirurgo)
Orquestra de la Comunítat Valencíana, Pablo Heras-Casado
Verdi himself would surely have applauded the expressivity of such singing where character is all...no one should pretend this voice is what it was: it is showing its age...Yet I can't imagine... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th August 2013
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Verdi: Don Carlo
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
From the day that Giulini conducted the now legendary production of Don Carlo at Covent Garden in 1958, a recording of the opera by him looked a must. In fact, it was to be 12 years before EMI... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2006, First Choice
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Verdi: Don Carlo
RecommendedFive-act version
Plácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
The CD transfer of the analogue recording brings astonishing vividness and realism, a tribute to the original engineering of Chirstopher Parker. Even in the big ensembles the focus is very precise,... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Five-act version, sung in Italian
Jonas Kaufmann (Don Carlo), Anja Harteros (Elisabetta), Matti Salminen (Filippo II), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigo), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Eboli), Eric Halfvarson (Il Grande Inquisitore), Robert Lloyd (Un frate)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Antonio Pappano, Peter Stein
With Antonio Pappano in the pit, Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros brought to their interpretations of the leading roles rapturous arcs of phrasing and refulgence of tone that we have not heard... — More…
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act version
Stuart Neill (Don Carlo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Filippo II), Dalobor Jenis (Rodrigo), Anatolij Kotscherga (Il Grand Inquisitore), Fiorenza Cedolins (Elisabetta), Dolora Zajick (Eboli), Irena Bespalovaite (Voce dal Cielo)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Daniele Gatti
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Five-act version
Placido Domingo (Don Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Ruggero Raimondi (Philip II), Giovanni Foiani (Grand Inquisitor)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlo
RecommendedFour-act version
Rolando Villazón (Don Carlo), Robert Lloyd (King Philip), Amanda Roocroft (Elisabeth), Violeta Urmana (Eboli), Dwayne Croft (Posa), Jaakko Ryhänen (Grand Inquisitor), Giorgio Giuseppini (Monk)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & De Nederlandse Opera Chorus, Riccardo Chailly, stage direction...
Decker's direction of the principals provides both intelligent insights into relationships along with many bêtises that surely go against the composer's intentions. …he certainly manages to... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2006, Recommended DVD
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Richard Tucker (Don Carlo), Delia Rigal (Elisabetta), Paolo Silveri (Rodrigo), Fedora Barbieri (Eboli), Jerome Hines (Filippo II), Hans Hotter (Il Grand Inquisitore) & Lucine Amara (voice from above)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Stiedry
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Five-act version, sung in Italian
Giacomo Prestia (Filippo II), Mario Malagnini (Don Carlo), Simone Piazzola (Rodrigo), Luciano Montanaro (Il Grande Inquisitore), Cellia Costea (Elisabetta), Alla Pozniak (Eboli), Irene Candelier (Tebaldo/Una Voce dal Cielo)
Orchestra Regionale dell'Emilia-Romagna, Fabrizio Ventura
Malagnini's Carlo has a top and the ability to use it that Franco Corelli wouldn't have disowned, and his relationship with Cellia Costea's Elisabetta brings tears to the eyes, as does Alla... — More…
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