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This is a list of recordings 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 (Milan) version, which has 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).

Audio recordings in French[edit]

Video recordings in French[edit]

Audio recordings in Italian[edit]

Video recordings in Italian[edit]

Year Cast
(Don Carlos, Elisabeth,
Eboli, Rodrigue,
King Philip II,
Grand Inquisitor
Una voce dal cielo) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label[2]
1980 Vasile Moldoveanu
Renata Scotto
Tatiana Troyanos
Sherrill Milnes
Paul Plishka
Jerome Hines
Therese Brandson 		James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Production by John Dexter
(Unabridged 5-act version;
telecast on 21 February)[14]		 DVD: The Metropolitan Opera
Cat: 811357013311;[15]
and Met Opera on Demand[16]
1983 Plácido Domingo,
Mirella Freni
Grace Bumbry
Louis Quilico
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Marvis Martin 		James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Production by John Dexter
(Unabridged 5-act version;
telecast on 26 March)[17][18]		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 4085
1985 Luis Lima,
Ileana Cotrubas
Bruna Baglioni
Giorgio Zancanaro
Robert Lloyd
Joseph Rouleau
Lola Biagioni 		Bernard Haitink
The Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Original production by Luchino Visconti
Staged by Christopher Renshaw
(5-act 1886 version) 		DVD: Warner Vision
Cat: 505 1011 02422-1 (2005)
1986 José Carreras
Fiamma Izzo D’Amico
Agnes Baltsa
Piero Cappuccilli
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Matti Salminen
Antonella Bandelli 		Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
Salzburg Festival chorus
Set design: Günther Schneider-Siemssen[19]
(4 acts) 		DVD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88697296019
1992 Luciano Pavarotti
Daniela Dessì
Luciana D’Intino
Paolo Coni
Samuel Ramey
Alexander Anisimov
Antonella Bandelli 		Riccardo Muti
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Stage production and video direction:
Franco Zeffirelli[20]
(4 acts) 		DVD: EMI Classics
Cat: 358631-2
2008 Rolando Villazón
Marina Poplavskaya
Sonia Ganassi
Simon Keenlyside
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Eric Halfvarson
Anita Watson 		Antonio Pappano
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
Directed by Nicolas Hytner
(1886 version in 5 acts;
recorded on 14, 17 June and 3 July) 		DVD: EMI Classics
Cat: 50999 6 31609 9 4
2010 Roberto Alagna
Marina Poplavskaya
Anna Smirnova
Simon Keenlyside
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Eric Halfvarson
Jennifer Check 		Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Metropolitan Opera
Production by Nicolas Hytner
(1886 version in 5 acts;
recorded on 11 December)[21]		 HD streaming video:
Met Opera on Demand[22]
2013 Jonas Kaufmann
Anja Harteros
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Thomas Hampson
Matti Salminen
Eric Halfvarson
Kiandra Howarth 		Antonio Pappano
Vienna Philharmonic
Salzburg Festival chorus
Staged by Peter Stein
(5-act hybrid of the 1886 Modena and 1866 uncut Paris versions) 		DVD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88843005769
Blu-ray:
Cat: 88843005779

Recordings in German[edit]

References[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ a b c Role names as appearing on the Kultur DVD
  2. ^ a b c d e Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  3. ^ Châtelet 1996, Blu-ray, OCLC 880331555.
  4. ^ Vienna 2004, DVD, OCLC 244369432.
  5. ^ Met Opera performance of 26 March 2022, CID:357605: Met Opera on Demand, HD video, UPC: 810004202719.
  6. ^ Don Carlo, 11 November 1950, Met Opera on Demand.
  7. ^ Met performance of 5 March 1955 at the Met Opera Archive.
  8. ^ Royal Opera House, London, Covent Garden Books: Opera 12, pub. 1960, plus appearing in program books of all subsequent revivals of the 1958 production
  9. ^ Met performance of 7 March 1964 at the Met Opera Archive.
  10. ^ Ralph Moore (June 2018). “Verdi’s Don Carlo: a partial survey of the discography”, Music Web International. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  11. ^ #30 at operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  12. ^ “Verdi, Don Carlo, 7 March, 1964″, Met Opera on Demand.
  13. ^ Andrew Porter, Don Carlo, in the 1971 booklet with the recording
  14. ^ Met telecast of 21 February 1980 at the Met Opera Archive.
  15. ^ 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”
  16. ^ Don Carlo, 21 February 1980, Met Opera on Demand website.
  17. ^ Met telecast of 26 March 1983 at the Met Opera Archive.
  18. ^ Details of 1984 The Met 3 act and synopsis
  19. ^ Don Carlo, OCLC 52824860.
  20. ^ Don Carlo, OCLC 1048057459.
  21. ^ Met performance of 11 December 2010 at the Met Opera Archive.
  22. ^ Don Carlo, 11 December 2010, Met Opera on Demand website.
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