Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	6th June 2008
To	3rd July 2008
When	Jun08 6, 11, 17, 20, 26, Jul08 3 at 18:00. Jun08 14 at 17:30. Jun08 29 15:00
Prices	From £7.00. To £190.00.
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Don Carlos (Don Carlo)

Work:: Don Carlos (Don Carlo) (S1918)

Based on a Schiller play, Don Carlos brings history to life with huge dramatic force. Verdi's largest most ambitious opera deals with the clash of personal and political motives at the court of Philip II of Spain, against a background of bitter religious and national conflicts.

Music	Verdi
Lyrics	Joseph Mery
Lyrics	Camille du Locle

Production:: (T0627076958)

New Production. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Approx running time 4 hours 45 minutes. Additional generous support from Peter Borender (Honorary Fellow), P:The Dalriada Trust (Honorary Fellow), P:Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet (Honorary Fellow), and Simon and Virginia Robertson (Honorary Benefactors)

Corporate Sponsor	Coutts
Producer	Royal Opera
Producer	Metropolitan Opera New York
Producer	Den Norske Opera Oslo
Conductor	Antonio Pappano
Director	Nicholas Hytner
Design	Bob Crowley
Lighting	Mark Henderson
Performer	Rolando Villazon (Don Carlo)
Performer	Marina Poplavskaya (Elisabetta di Valois)
Performer	Simon Keenlyside (Rodrigo)
Performer	Ferruccio Furlanetto (Phillip II)
Performer	Sonia Ganassi (Princesse Eboli)
Performer	Pumeza Matshikiza (Tebaldo)
Performer	Nikola Matisic (Comte di Lerma)
Performer	Jacques Imbrailo (Flemish Deputies)
Performer	Krzysztof Szumanski (Flemish Deputies)
Performer	Kostas Smoriginas (Flemish Deputies)
Performer	Daniel Grice (Flemish Deputies)
Performer	Darren Jeffery (Flemish Deputies)
Performer	Vuyani Mlinde (Flemish Deputies)
Performer	Eric Halfvarson (Grand Inquistor)
Performer	Robert Lloyd (Monk)
Performer	Anita Watson (Voice from Heaven)

Listing:: L01705103163

BP Summer Big Screen Jul 3 18:00 - Central London location tbc/Canada Square Canary Wharf/Christchurch Park Ipswich

Production details

New Production. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Approx running time 4 hours 45 minutes. Additional generous support from Peter Borender (Honorary Fellow), P:The Dalriada Trust (Honorary Fellow), P:Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet (Honorary Fellow), and Simon and Virginia Robertson (Honorary Benefactors) BP Summer Big Screen Jul 3 18:00 - Central London location tbc/Canada Square Canary Wharf/Christchurch Park Ipswich

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