GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)

Don Carlos

167:29

Opera in four acts

Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, after Schiller

English translation by Andrew Porter

Act I

Scene 1: At the tomb of Charles V in the Monastery of San Juste

1

Prelude

2:17

2

'Charles the Fifth, our mighty Lord'

4:01

Chorus of Friars, Old Monk

3

'And I have lost her!'

4:09

Don Carlos, Old Monk

4

'There he is! The Prince!'

2:39

5

'But the King has not yet discovered your secret?'

1:19

Rodrigo, Don Carlos

6

'God who has brought us together'

4:18

Don Carlos, Rodrigo, Chorus of Friars, Old Monk

Scene 2: A garden outside the cloister

7

'Where the pine grove is green and shady'

3:17

Chorus, Thibault, Eboli

8

'In the marble palace of the Moorish King'

4:27

Eboli, Thibault, Chorus

9

'The Queen!'

1:52

Chorus, Eboli, Elisabeth, Thibault, Rodrigo

10

'I'm so eager to hear the news you bring'

1:57

Eboli, Rodrigo, Elisabeth

11

'Carlos my friend, hope of our future'

4:27

Rodrigo, Eboli, Elisabeth

12

'I come before the Queen and I ask for a favour'

7:57

13

'Here where I stand let the earth crack asunder'

1:46

Don Carlos, Elisabeth

14

'The King!'

1:17

Thibault, Philip, Chorus

15

'Don't weep, my dear companion'

4:21

Elisabeth, Rodrigo, Philip, Chorus

16

'Remain here! I've seen you at my court'

2:18

Philip, Rodrigo

17

'O King, I come here from Flanders'

3:08

18

'What kind of peace is this you give your subjects?'

6:17

Rodrigo, Philip

Act II

Scene 1: The Queen's garden

19

Prelude

2:28

20

'At midnight in the garden of the Queen…'

2:12

Don Carlos, Eboli

21

'Alas your youthful mind has no idea'

2:40

Eboli, Don Carlos, Rodrigo

22

'Now he has scorned the love I gave him'

3:37

23

'Treacherous son, adult'rous lover'

3:31

Eboli, Rodrigo, Don Carlos

Scene 2: A square in front of the Vallodolid Cathedral, Auto da Fé

24

'Today is a day of gladness and joy'

6:59

Chorus of People, Chorus of Monks

25

'Let the sacred doors now be opened'

2:59

Royal Herald, Chorus of People, Philip

26

'O Heav'n! It's Carlos!'

4:55

Elisabeth, Rodrigo, Philip, Don Carlos, Flemish Deputies, Chorus of Monks, Thibault

27

'Sire! I have something to ask you!'

1:56

Don Carlos, Philip, Elisabeth, Rodrigo, Thibault, Monks, Chorus of People

28

'O heav'n!'

2:41

Elisabeth, Don Carlos, Chorus of People, Philip, Monks, Voice from Heaven, Flemish Deputies

Act III

Scene1: The King's study in the Escurial

29

[Introduction]

2:58

30

'She has no love for me!'

2:32

31

'I'll only sleep when I am laid to rest'

4:23

Philip

32

'The Grand Inquisitor'

3:22

Count of Lerma, Grand Inquisitor, Philip

33

'In this land of Spain no heresy has thrived'

5:24

Grand Inquisitor, Philip

34

'Your highness I ask for justice!'

2:01

Elisabeth, Philip

35

'You know full well, my hand was plighted'

2:36

Elisabeth, Philip, Eboli, Rodrigo

36

'Accurst be this hour'

4:11

Philip, Eboli, Rodrigo, Elisabeth

37

'Forgive! Forgive and pardon a woman who's wronged you'

3:25

Eboli, Elisabeth

38

'Oh cruel fate. O hated gift'

4:20

Eboli

Scene 2: A prison

39

'I'm here my Carlos'

3:15

Rodrigo, Don Carlos

40

'My last day has dawned forever'

2:32

Rodrigo

41

'But why do you speak of death?'

1:39

Don Carlos, Rodrigo

42

'O Carlos, now listen, your mother awaits you'

1:08

43

'Now I die, die contented'

2:23

Rodrigo

44

'My son I return you your sword'

2:58

Philip, Don Carlos, Chorus, Chorus of People, Count of Lerma, Grandees of Spain, Eboli, Grand Inquisitor

Act IV

At the tomb of Charles V

45

[Introduction]

2:43

46

'You, who spurned and renounced all the world'

2:38

47

'France, my noble land, so dear to me in childhood!'

5:16

Elisabeth

48

'She's there!'

5:34

Don Carlos, Elisabeth

49

'We shall meet not in this world'

3:49

Elisabeth, Don Carlos

50

'Yes, for ever! A double sacrifice is needed!'

1:43

Philip, Grand Inquisitor, Elisabeth, Don Carlos, Old Monk, Chorus of Monks

Alastair Miles bass - Philip II

Julian Gavin tenor - Don Carlos

William Dazeley baritone - Rodrigo

John Tomlinson bass - The Grand Inquisitor

Janice Watson soprano - Elisabeth de Valois

Jane Dutton mezzo-soprano - Princess of Eboli

Julia Sporsén soprano - Thibault

Stephen Briggs tenor - Count of Lerma

Clive Bayley bass - An old Monk

Rebecca Ryan soprano - Voice from Heaven

Campbell Russell tenor - Royal Herald

Julian Close bass - Flemish Deputy

Grant Doyle baritone - Flemish Deputy

Stephen Richardson bass - Flemish Deputy

Galloway Bell bass - Flemish Deputy

Stephen Dowson baritone - Flemish Deputy

Alexander Ingram (Assistant)

Richard Farnes

26-30 May 2009