Verdi - Don Carlo (Herbert von Karajan, José Carreras, Pierro Cappuccilli, Agnes Baltsa, Ferruccio Furlanetto) [1986]
PAL 4:3 (720x576) VBR | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch); (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | 7,44 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Sony | Sub: Deutsch, English, Francais | +3% Recovery | 178 min
PAL 4:3 (720x576) VBR | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch); (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | 7,44 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Sony | Sub: Deutsch, English, Francais | +3% Recovery | 178 min
This is DVD of a 1986 Salzburg Easter Festival live performanceand as such it has all the excitement and sense of occasion of a real thatrical experience. Karajan, of course, controls the whole production, being his festival. The Berlin Philharmonic in the orchestra pit is something few recordings of this opera can compete with. Karajan conducts without a score in his usual transcendental manner. The total effect is crisp, powerful, dynamic, precise, tightly controlled and well detailed. His approach works especially well in the powerful climaxes, dramatic exchanges and the great assembly scenes. The finale of Act 2 (the Auto da fe scene) is superb.
The singers are what makes this performance so extraordinary and memorable. The opera requires six top quality singers. Karajan,of course,hand picked them for the roles, using some of his perennial favourites and some newcomers.Agnes Baltsa and Jose Carreras plus Piero Cappuccilli are some of the perennials…By Janos Gardonyi
Performer:
Filippo II - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Don Carlo - José Carreras
Rodrigo - Pierro Cappuccilli
Il Grande Inquisitore - Matti Salminen
Un frate (Carlo V) - Franco de Grandis
Elisabetta di Valua - Fiamma Izzo D'Amico
La Principessa Eboli - Agnes Baltsa
Tebaldo - Antonella Bandelli
La Contessa d’Aremberg - Katharina Schuchter
Il Conte di Lerma - Horst Nitsche
Un araldo reale - Volker Horn
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor - Herbert von Karajan
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