Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) ~ Don Carlos

Opéra in cinq actes
THE MOST COMPLETE FRENCH VERSION ON RECORD

Philippe II, Roi d'Espagne
Don Carlos, Infant d'Espagne
Rodrigue, Marquis de Posa
Le Grand Inquisiteur
Un Moine
Elisabeth de Valois
La Princesse Eboli
Thibault, Page d'Elisabeth de Valois
Le Comte de Lerme

Joseph Roleau
André Turp
Robert Savoie
Richard Van Allen
Robert Lloyd
Edith Tremblay
Michèle Vilma
Gillian Knight
Emile Belcourt

BBC Chorus and Orchestra

London, 1976

Listen to tracks and view biographies at AllMusic.com

4 CD-Box
Booklet written by Andrew Palmer

Additional information
Is Verdi?s Don Carlos the most revised opera of all? Certainly, there exist alongside the ?standard?, most commonly performed, version so many others, in either Italian or French, that it is impossible to state which is definitive or even the most authoritative. However, the live performance in London preserved on these discs is the most complete version currently available and is thus a fascinating document for lovers of one of Verdi?s most enduringly popular operas.