Verdi - Don Carlos (Original French Version) / Pappano, Alagna, Hampson, Theatre du Chatelet

Verdi - Don Carlos (Original French Version) / Pappano, Alagna, Hampson, Theatre du Chatelet
by Yves-Andr? Hubert

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Actor: Jos? van Dam, Karita Mattila, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier
Director: Yves-Andr? Hubert
Cinematographer: Martial Barrault
Editor: Philippe Baillon
Producer: Beatrice Dupont
Writer: Camille du Locle
Writer: Fran?ois Joseph M?ry
Writer: Friedrich Schiller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Unknown; English (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 213 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video

Movie Reviews of Verdi - Don Carlos (Original French Version) / Pappano, Alagna, Hampson, Theatre du Chatelet

Movie Review: Great Singing - poor production!
Summary: 1 Stars

I just watched this dvd and I really enjoyed the music and all the parts were all well sang. Two thumbs up also for the music direction of Pappano I really enjoy to see him conduct he shows a lot of passion and the sound coming from the orchestra was great. The only problem I have is that for me to get use to contemporary productions is tough. I don't understand a lot of things for example why is it so dark? There are about three or four colours on the stage. Red, Blue, Yellow, white and Black. I thought that it was kind of depressing. Is that the feeling that the producer is trying to achieve? I was dissapointed in Act 3 where all the ladies are in a garden and princess Eboli sings her big aria. They are supposed to be in a garden, there is talk about flowers and trees but, I did not see any. And what about when the King is also singing his big aria about the queen not loving him. What is hanging from the roof? Someone please explain....As I said before the singers, conductor and orchestra were great but the production was not to my taste.

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Summary of Verdi - Don Carlos (Original French Version) / Pappano, Alagna, Hampson, Theatre du Chatelet

The original French version in five acts by Ursula G?nther, revised after the original version by Ursula G?nther and Luciano Petazzoni. Published by Ricordi Milan.

This is a 1996 all-star production from Paris of the original French version of Verdi's epic five-act opera, Don Carlos. First produced in 1867, only Wagner would write musical drama on a grander scale, and because of the three-and-a-half-hour running time, most subsequent productions have made substantial cuts. This is therefore a rare opportunity to witness Verdi's tragedy in its entirety.

In the 16th century in the aftermath of war between Spain and France, Don Carlo (Roberto Alagna), the heir to the Spanish throne, comes to France to meet with his beloved Elizabeth de Valois (Karita Mattila). Inevitably politics divide the lovers, and while Rodrigue (Thomas Hampson) falls in with Flemish rebels, the Inquisition is determined to be the power behind the peace. This is certainly not Verdi's greatest work, but it contains great music and the stars are allowed to shine with strong characterizations in an elegantly designed production. There are no gimmicks or attempts at spurious contemporary relevance here, simply singers of the caliber of Alagna, Mattila, and Hampson, plus the outstanding Eric Halfvarson as the Grand Inquisitor. This is a production that continues in the 19th-century tradition, and in the process delivers the frisson of world-class opera. --Gary S. Dalkin

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