Don Carlos (2005) (TV)

Director:

Anton Reitzenstein

Writers:

Camille du Locle (libretto) &
François Joseph Méry (libretto)

Release Date:

18 June 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Queen | Opera | Live Performance | French Opera | Spain

Cast

Alastair Miles	...	Philippe II., Roi d'Espagne
Ramón Vargas	...	Don Carlos, Infant d'Espagne
Bo Skovhus	...	Rodrigue, Marquis de Posa
Simon Yang	...	Le Grand Inquisiteur
Dan Paul Dumitrescu	...	Un Moine
Iano Tamar	...	Elisabeth de Valois
Nadja Michael	...	La Princesse Eboli
Cornelia Salje	...	Thibault, Page
Benedict Kobel	...	Le Comte de Lerme (as Benedikt Kobel)
Cosmin Ifrim	...	Un Héraut Royal
Inna Los	...	Une Voix d'en Haut
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michaela Ehrenstein	...	Moderatorin im Autodafé

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

Austria

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

Company:

Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Trivia:

This broadcast captures the first-time-ever production of the original un-cut French version of Verdi's "Don Carlos" as it has never been produced before, except for rehearsals of the 1867 world-premiere in Paris. Some of the music has been cut to the 1867-premiere because the five-hour-work was considered too long. Verdi himself re-worked his work several times and finished the so-called "Italian version" (the one which is usually being produced in opera houses around the world these days) in 1884.