Including bus trip
Verdi – Don Carlo
Aachen Opera / Bus trip to Aachen TheatreExternal venue - Theaterplatz Aachen - Theater Aachen
Power, love and freedom clash head-on in Don Carlo, one of Giuseppe Verdi’s great operas.
Spain is ruled by King Philip II. His son Don Carlo is in love with Elisabeth – his father’s wife. At the same time, Carlo is swept up in the struggle for Flanders’ freedom. As love and ideals come under ever-greater pressure, power, mistrust and intrigue determine who can still be trusted.
Verdi based *Don Carlo* on Friedrich Schiller’s political drama. The result is an impressive opera full of grand choral scenes, intimate moments and compelling music. Theater Aachen is staging the Italian version in four acts, directed by Elena Tzavara. The musical direction is in the hands of the new General Music Director, Levente Török.
By bus to Aachen Opera
PLT will take you comfortably to Theater Aachen. You can board in Sittard, Heerlen or Kerkrade. After the opera, the bus will take you back. The bus journey is included in the ticket price.
*Don Carlo* is sung in Italian with German and English surtitles.
Programme
Verdi: Don Carlo
An opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi
Based on the play of the same name by Friedrich Schiller
Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle
Cast
Conductor: Levente Török
Director and set design: Elena Tzavara
Costumes: Susanne Hiller
Dramaturgy: Isabelle Becker
Assistant director and stage manager: Ramona Bartsch / Clara Hinterberger
Lighting: Yannik Funken
Video: Luca Fois
Chorus: Aachen Opera Chorus
Additional chorus: Aachen Extra Chorus
Orchestra: Aachen Symphony Orchestra
Philip II: Dominic Barberi
Don Carlo: Mario Rojas
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa: Jorge Ruvalcaba
The Grand Inquisitor: Max Bell
A monk: Pawel Lawreszuk
Elisabetta of Valois: Larisa Akbari
Princess Eboli: Irina Popova
Tebaldo: Fleur Franssen
Voice from Heaven: Jelena Rakić
Countess of Aremberg: Ekaterina Spivakovskaia
Count of Lerma / a royal herald: Dmytro Trach
