Don Carlo (1983)

ALL 07/28/1983 (en) Music 213 Min
  • Release
    07/28/1983
  • Production
    Deutsche Grammophon
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    Verdi Don Carlo
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

A very good, complete production of Don Carlos

Overview

Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy vocal and expressive demands of their roles. Louis Quilico was never quite in that league, and he sounds a bit spread and woofy in places here, but he works hard and effectively to bring Rodrigo to life. Placido Domingo recorded his first Don Carlo, for EMI with Giulini, about 15 years before this production, but he looks and sounds fine here -- in the early 1980's he was doing very good Otellos and Lohengrins too, and Furlanetto, still in his 30's, brings a rich, young voice to an old part and succeeds in making the Grand Inquisitor vocally as well as expressively formidable. Levine brings both weight and energy to the score, and that reading fits well with the overall "traditional" design and production -- the Met's wardrobe budget must have been severely taxed, but everybody looks splendid.

  1. Story

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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  1. Plácido Domingo

    Don Carlo

  2. Mirella Freni

    Elisabeth de Valois

  3. Nicolai Ghiaurov

    Philippe II

  4. Louis Quilico

    Rodrigo

  5. Grace Bumbry

    Princesa de Éboli

  6. Ferruccio Furlanetto

    El Gran Inquisidor

  7. Betsy Norden

    Thibault

  8. Julien Robbins

    Monje

  9. Marvis Martin

    Una voz celestial

  10. John Gilmore

    Conde de Lerma

  11. James Levine

    Conductor

  12. MET Orchestra

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Casts : 12 , Crews : 5

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Don Carlo (1983) 213 Min

ALL 07/28/1983 (en)
Music
  • Release 07/28/1983
  • Production
    Deutsche Grammophon
  • Original title Verdi Don Carlo
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A very good, complete production of Don Carlos

Overview

Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy vocal and expressive demands of their roles. Louis Quilico was never quite in that league, and he sounds a bit spread and woofy in places here, but he works hard and effectively to bring Rodrigo to life. Placido Domingo recorded his first Don Carlo, for EMI with Giulini, about 15 years before this production, but he looks and sounds fine here -- in the early 1980's he was doing very good Otellos and Lohengrins too, and Furlanetto, still in his 30's, brings a rich, young voice to an old part and succeeds in making the Grand Inquisitor vocally as well as expressively formidable. Levine brings both weight and energy to the score, and that reading fits well with the overall "traditional" design and production -- the Met's wardrobe budget must have been severely taxed, but everybody looks splendid.

  1. John Dexter, Brian Large

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer