This is a list of audio and video recordings (discography) of Don Carlos, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, known as Don Carlo in its Italian-language versions. Don Carlos premiered as a five-act French grand opera at the Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra in Paris on 11 March 1867. In 1883, Verdi created a revised 4-act version in French, which was first performed in Milan in Italian translation and has since generally been performed and recorded in Italian. In 1886, Ricordi published a 5-act (Modena) version without the ballet with the first act added to the 4-act 1883 revision. The 1886 Modena version has been recorded in French and in Italian. Since 1973, some performances in Italian and in French have restored music cut before the Paris premiere, especially the introduction to Act 1 (with a chorus of woodcutters). When all the music known to have been cut before the 1867 premiere is included, and the ballet (written in 1867) is omitted, it is sometimes referred to as the "1866 version".
Audio recordings in French YearCastRole names as appearing on the Kultur DVD(Don Carlos, Elisabeth,Eboli, Rodrigue,King Philip II,Grand InquisitorUn voix d'en haut)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1973André Turp,Edith Tremblay,Michelle Vilma,Robert Savoie,Joseph Rouleau,Richard Van Allan,Prudence Lloyd John Matheson,BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers(original BBC broadcast; 5-act Paris version with the ballet and all the music cut before the premiere)Opera RaraCat: ORCV 3051984Plácido Domingo,Katia Ricciarelli,Leo Nucci,Ruggero Raimondi,Nicolai Ghiaurov,Arleen AugerClaudio Abbado,Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus(1886 5-act version with five pieces of cut or replaced music and the ballet in an appendixMichael Oliver, "Don Carlos in Milan: Claudio Abbado talks to Michael Oliver", Gramophone, December 1985, p. 747; Alan Blyth, Review of the 1984 audio recording conducted by Claudio Abbado, Gramophone, December 1985, pp. 838, 841.)Deutsche GrammophonCat: 415 981-21996Roberto Alagna,Karita Mattila,Waltraud Meier,Thomas Hampson,José van Dam,Eric Halfvarson,Donna BrownAntonio Pappano,Orchestre de Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet Chorus(recorded at Théâtre du Châtelet; 5-act version without ballet with some of the music cut before the premiere and some from the 1886 revised version)EMI ClassicsCat: 56152
Video recordings in French YearCast(Don Carlos,Elisabeth,Eboli, Rodrigue,King Philip II,Grand Inquisitor,Une voix d'en haut)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1996Roberto Alagna,Karita Mattila,Waltraud Meier,Thomas Hampson,José van Dam,Eric Halfvarson,Donna Brown Antonio Pappano,Orchestre de Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet Chorus(Stage producer: Luc Bondy; 5-act version without ballet with some of the music cut before the premiere and some from the 1886 revised version)DVD, Blu-ray:Châtelet 1996, Blu-ray, .Kultur VideoCat: D 20312004Ramon Vargas,Iano Tamar,Nadja Michael,Bo Skovhus,Alastair Miles,Simon Yang,Inna Los Bertrand de Billy,Wiener Staatsoper(Directed for stage by Peter Konwitschny; 5-act Paris version with the ballet and all the music cut before the premiere)DVD: TDKVienna 2004, DVD, .2017Jonas Kaufmann,Sonya Yoncheva,Elīna Garanča,Ludovic Tézier,Ildar Abdrazakov,Krysztof Baczyk,Silga Tiruma Philippe Jordan,Paris Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Production by Krzysztof Warlikowski; recorded live, 19 October 2017, Opéra Bastille; 5-act 1866 Paris version, with most of the music cut before the premiere but without the ballet)HD video:Arte/Paris Opera/TelemondisKym Clayton (8 December 2017), "Opera Film Review: Don Carlos", glamadelaide.com.au; "Opera HD – Live from the Opéra national de Paris", ildarabdrazakov.com; Zachary Woolfe (11 October 2017), Review: A Starry ‘Don Carlos’ Brings Verdi, in French, to Paris", The New York Times.2022Sonya Yoncheva,Jamie Barton,Étienne Dupuis,Eric Owens,John Relyea,Amanda Woodbury Patrick Furrer,Metropolitan Opera(Production by David McVicar; 5-act 1886 revised version with the 1866 Paris Don Carlos/Philip duet and insurrection in scene 2 of act 4 and largo ending of act 5)Streaming HD video:Met Opera on DemandDon Carlos (26 March 2022), Met Opera on Demand. CID: 357605, Met Opera Database.
Audio recordings in Italian YearCast(Don Carlos, Elisabeth,Eboli, Rodrigue,King Philip II,Grand InquisitorVoce dal Cielo)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1950Jussi BjörlingDelia RigalFedora BarbieriRobert MerrillCesare SiepiJerome HinesLucine AmaraFritz StiedryMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(4 acts; radio broadcast recorded 11 November)West Hill Radio ArchivesCat: WHRA 6021and Met Opera on DemandDon Carlo, 11 November 1950, Met Opera on Demand.1951Mirto PicchiMaria CanigliaEbe StignaniPaolo SilveriNicola Rossi-LemeniGiulio NeriGraziella SciuttiFernando PrevitaliOrchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI(4 acts)Warner FonitCat: 8573 82649-21954Mario FilippeschiAntonietta StellaElena NicolaiTito GobbiBoris ChristoffGiulio NeriOrietta MoscucciGabriele SantiniTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestraRome Opera Chorus(4 acts)EMI ClassicsCat: 646421955Richard TuckerEleanor SteberBlanche ThebomEttore BastianiniJerome HinesNicola MosconaShakeh VartenissianKurt AdlerMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(4 acts; recorded on 5 March) Met performance of 5 March 1955 at the Met Opera Archive.MytoCat: 946.1161956Angelo Lo ForeseAnita CerquettiFedora BarbieriEttore BastianiniCesare SiepiGiulio NeriShakeh VartenissianAntonino VottoCoro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino(recorded on 16 June)MelodramCat: CDM 370104.1958Eugenio FernandiSena JurinacGiulietta SimionatoEttore BastianiniCesare SiepiMarco StefanoniAnneliese RothenbergerHerbert von KarajanVienna State Opera orchestra and chorus(4 acts; recorded at Salzburg Festival on 26 July)Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4476551958Jon VickersGré BrouwenstijnFedora BarbieriTito GobbiBoris ChristoffMichael LangdonAva JuneCarlo Maria GiuliniRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorus(1886 5-act "Modena version";recorded on 12 May)Royal Opera House, London, Covent Garden Books: Opera 12, pub. 1960, plus appearing in program books of all subsequent revivals of the 1958 productionRoyal Opera House HeritageCat: ROHS 0031961Flaviano LabòAntonietta StellaFiorenza CossottoEttore BastianiniBoris ChristoffIvo VincoGiuliana MatteiniGabriele SantiniTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(5 acts; 1886 unabridged version)Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4377391964Franco CorelliLeonie RysanekIrene DalisNicolae HerleaGiorgio TozziHermann UhdeJunetta JonesKurt AdlerMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(4 acts; recorded on 7 March)Met performance of 7 March 1964 at the Met Opera Archive.Ralph Moore (June 2018). "Verdi’s Don Carlo: a partial survey of the discography", Music Web International. Retrieved 5 January 2022.Living StageCat: LS 4035171#30 at operadis-opera-discography.org.ukand Met Opera on Demand"Verdi, Don Carlo, 7 March, 1964", Met Opera on Demand.1965Carlo BergonziRenata TebaldiGrace BumbryDietrich Fischer-DieskauNicolai GhiaurovMartti TalvelaJoan CarlyleGeorg SoltiRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorus(5 acts; 1886 unabridged version)DeccaCat: 4211141970Plácido DomingoMontserrat CaballéShirley VerrettSherrill MilnesRuggero RaimondiGiovanni FoianiMaría-Rosa del CampoCarlo Maria GiuliniRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorus(5 acts; 1886 unabridged version)Andrew Porter, Don Carlo, in the 1971 booklet with the recordingEMI ClassicsCat: 673971978José CarrerasMirella FreniAgnes BaltsaPiero CappuccilliNicolai GhiaurovRuggero RaimondiBarbara HendricksHerbert von KarajanBerlin Philharmonic Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus(4 acts)EMI ClassicsCat: 69301992Luciano PavarottiDaniela DessìLuciana d'IntinoPaolo ConiSamuel RameyAlexander AnisimovNuccia FocileRiccardo MutiTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(4 acts)EMI ClassicsCat: 586311997Richard MargisonGalina GorchakovaOlga BorodinaDmitri HvorostovskyRoberto ScandiuzziRobert LloydSylvia McNairBernard HaitinkRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorus(5 acts; 1886 unabridged version)PhilipsCat:
Video recordings in Italian YearCast(Don Carlos, Elisabeth,Eboli, Rodrigue,King Philip II,Grand InquisitorUna voce dal cielo)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel 1980Vasile MoldoveanuRenata ScottoTatiana TroyanosSherrill MilnesPaul PlishkaJerome HinesTherese BrandsonJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusProduction by John Dexter(Unabridged 5-act version;telecast on 21 February)Met telecast of 21 February 1980 at the Met Opera Archive.DVD: The Metropolitan OperaCat: 811357013311;Recording details taken from the 2010 Met DVD of the February 1980 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"and Met Opera on DemandDon Carlo, 21 February 1980, Met Opera on Demand website. 1983Plácido Domingo, Mirella FreniGrace BumbryLouis QuilicoNicolai GhiaurovFerruccio FurlanettoMarvis MartinJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusProduction by John Dexter(Unabridged 5-act version;telecast on 26 March)Met telecast of 26 March 1983 at the Met Opera Archive.Details of 1984 The Met 3 act and synopsisDVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4085Streaming video:Met Opera on DemandDon Carlo, 26 March 1983, Met Opera on Demand. 1985Luis Lima,Ileana CotrubasBruna BaglioniGiorgio ZancanaroRobert LloydJoseph RouleauLola BiagioniBernard HaitinkThe Royal Opera, Covent GardenOriginal production by Luchino ViscontiStaged by Christopher Renshaw(5-act 1886 version)DVD: Warner VisionCat: 505 1011 02422-1 (2005)1986José CarrerasFiamma Izzo D'AmicoAgnes BaltsaPiero CappuccilliFerruccio FurlanettoMatti SalminenAntonella BandelliHerbert von KarajanBerlin Philharmonic Salzburg Festival chorusSet design: Günther Schneider-SiemssenDon Carlo, .(4 acts)DVD: Sony ClassicalCat: 88697296019 1992Luciano PavarottiDaniela DessìLuciana D'IntinoPaolo ConiSamuel RameyAlexander AnisimovAntonella BandelliRiccardo MutiTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusStage production and video direction:Franco ZeffirelliDon Carlo, .(4 acts)DVD: EMI ClassicsCat: 358631-2 2008Rolando VillazónMarina PoplavskayaSonia GanassiSimon KeenlysideFerruccio FurlanettoEric HalfvarsonAnita WatsonAntonio PappanoRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusDirected by Nicolas Hytner(1886 version in 5 acts;recorded on 14, 17 June and 3 July)DVD: EMI ClassicsCat: 50999 6 31609 9 4 2010Roberto AlagnaMarina PoplavskayaAnna SmirnovaSimon KeenlysideFerruccio FurlanettoEric HalfvarsonJennifer CheckYannick Nézet-SéguinMetropolitan OperaProduction by Nicolas Hytner(1886 version in 5 acts;recorded on 11 December)Met performance of 11 December 2010 at the Met Opera Archive.HD streaming video:Met Opera on DemandDon Carlo, 11 December 2010, Met Opera on Demand website. 2013Jonas KaufmannAnja HarterosEkaterina SemenchukThomas HampsonMatti SalminenEric HalfvarsonKiandra HowarthAntonio PappanoVienna PhilharmonicSalzburg Festival chorusStaged by Peter Stein(5-act hybrid of the 1886 Modena and 1866 uncut Paris versions)DVD: Sony ClassicalCat: 88843005769Blu-ray:Cat: 88843005779 2024Joshua GuerreroAsmik GrigorianEve-Maud HubeauxÉtienne DupuisRoberto TagliaviniDimitry UlyanovIleana ToncaPhilippe JordanVienna State Opera Orchestra & ChorusStage director, set & costume designer: Kirill Serebrennikov(4 acts, abridged; recorded on 29 September)4K UHD streaming video:Unitel2024 video: Carnegie Hall+
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