Verdi: Don Carlo 10 years old

Impressive effort but not quite total opera

Teatro Regio’s 2013 revival of their highly successful 2006 production of Verdi’s Don Carlo celebrates the 40th anniversary of the theatre’s reopening in 1973. With traditional staging and lavish costume design, the production garnered high acclaim in the national and international press, with GB Opera commending the ‘sumptuous’ setting and French online music magazine ResMusica praising director Hugo de Ana’s decision to revive the show ‘in all its splendour’. Shown here in the four-act version, Don Carlo is the fascinating tale of father-son power struggles, adultery and love that borders on incest. The cast – under the powerful baton of Gianandrea Noseda – is headed by renowned Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas, and also features Ludovic Tézier, who has been hailed as ‘one of the best Verdian singers of our time’

Credits

Verdi: Don Carlo Cast

Name	Character
Ramón Vargas He was 52, now 63 years old	as Don Carlo

Verdi: Don Carlo Crew

Name	Department
Giuseppe Verdi as Original Music Composer. He was 199 (87) years old when He died	Sound
Antonio Ghislanzoni as Writer. He was 188 (68) years old when He died	Writing