Don Carlo : investigations around Willy Decker's production / Opus Arte.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Roocroft, Amanda, interviewee (expression), performer.

Urmana, Violeta, interviewee (expression), performer.

Villazón, Rolando, interviewee (expression), performer.

Lloyd, Robert, 1940- interviewee (expression), performer.

Chailly, Riccardo, 1953- conductor, interviewee (expression).

Opus Arte (Firm), production company.

Nederlands Operakoor, performer.

Concertgebouworkest, performer.

Language:

Dutch

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Don Carlos.

Verdi, Giuseppe.

Don Carlos (Verdi, Giuseppe).

Opera--Production and direction.

Opera.

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (24 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Investigations around Willy Decker's production

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Opus Arte, [2004]

Language Note:

In English and Dutch; excerpts sung in Italian; English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Verdi's tragic opera epitomizes human passions; according to Maestro Riccardo Chailly, it is "the darkest piece ever written." In order to establish peace between France and the Spanish Empire, a royal wedding is planned between Don Carlo, Infant of Spain and Elisabetta di Valois, daughter of Henry II. They fall in love on their first meeting in the Fontainebleau forest. For political reasons, it is in fact Carlo's father Fillipe II, son of the Emperor Carlos V and king of Spain who will mary the French princess. While a story of sentimental desolation unfolds, political tensions are also at work in the Flemish part of the Empire. Inquisition and tyranny are raging and Don Carlo sides in favor of the independence of the oppressed region. The tragic conflict reaches its climax when Don Carlo threatens his father with his sword. Rolando Villazón embodies the young prince, rebelling against his father's familial and political authority. The stage direction features a strong christian iconography which sets the opera back in its religious context of 16th century catholic Spain. The cross also symbolizes the "power of the father over the son" which is the main theme of this opera according to Willy Decker.

Participant:

Amanda Roocroft, soprano ; Violeta Urmana, mezzo-soprano ; Rolando Villazón, tenor ; Robert Lloyd, bass ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor.

Notes:

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Don Carlos. Selections

OCLC:

956369568

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.