Don Carlo (opera by Giuseppe Verdi)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Don_Carlos
gptkbp:basedOn Don Carlos, Infante of Spain (play by Friedrich Schiller)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber Verdi 22
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Paris_Opera
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Giuseppe_Verdi
gptkbp:genre grand opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Don Carlo (opera by Giuseppe Verdi)
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:François_Joseph_Méry
gptkb:Camille_du_Locle
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Don_Carlo
gptkb:Rodrigo,_Marquis_of_Posa
gptkb:Elisabeth_de_Valois
gptkb:Princess_Eboli
gptkb:King_Philip_II
gptkbp:notable_duet gptkb:Dio,_che_nell'alma_infondere
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Io_morrò,_ma_lieto_in_core
gptkb:O_don_fatale
gptkb:Tu_che_le_vanità
Ella giammai m'amò
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Claudio_Abbado
gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan
gptkb:Riccardo_Muti
gptkbp:notableFeature multiple versions exist
originally written in French
often performed in Italian
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_London
gptkb:La_Scala,_Milan
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_New_York
gptkbp:notableRecording 1970 Decca recording (Solti, Vienna Philharmonic)
1984 Deutsche Grammophon recording (Abbado, La Scala)
gptkbp:numberOfActs originally 5
revised to 4 or 5
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:French
gptkbp:premiereDate 1867-03-11
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Paris_Opera
gptkbp:revised_version_language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:setInPeriod 16th century
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:singer gptkb:Renata_Tebaldi
gptkb:Luciano_Pavarotti
gptkb:Montserrat_Caballé
gptkb:Plácido_Domingo
gptkb:Nicolai_Ghiaurov
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Spanish_Inquisition
friendship
forbidden love
tyranny
political and personal conflict
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marquis_of_Posa
gptkb:Don_Carlos_by_Friedrich_Schiller
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6