Verdi's Don Carlo

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Friedrich_Schiller
gptkb:Don_Carlos,_Infant_von_Spanien_(play)
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Paris_Opera
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Giuseppe_Verdi
gptkbp:firstItalianPerformance Bologna, 1867
gptkbp:genre grand opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Verdi's Don Carlo
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
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:notableAria gptkb:Io_morrò,_ma_lieto_in_core
gptkb:Tu_che_le_vanità
Ella giammai m'amò
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Claudio_Abbado
gptkb:Riccardo_Muti
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Dietrich_Fischer-Dieskau
gptkb:Nicolai_Ghiaurov
gptkbp:notableLibrettoLanguage gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:notableMezzoSoprano gptkb:Shirley_Verrett
gptkb:Tatiana_Troyanos
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Covent_Garden,_1958
La Scala, 1977
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan,_1978
Carlo Maria Giulini, 1970
gptkbp:numberOfActs originally 5
gptkbp:premiereDate 1867-03-11
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Paris_Opera
gptkbp:revisedVersions Italian 4-act version
Italian 5-act version
gptkbp:setInPeriod 16th century
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:singer gptkb:Montserrat_Caballé
gptkb:Plácido_Domingo
gptkbp:subject gptkb:King
gptkb:Spanish_Inquisition
gptkb:Habsburg_Spain
personal sacrifice
gptkbp:theme gptkb:military
friendship
forbidden love
political oppression
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Opera_Holland_Park
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6