Don Carlo

Finnish National Opera - Helsinki

Don Carlo

Giuseppe Verdi

Premier: 19.10.2012

Duration 3h 30 min

Performed in Italian, surtitles in Finnish, Swedish and English

Director: Manfred Schweigkofler

Father and son in love with the same woman, the struggle for freedom, a lonely king, and the conflict between the powers of heaven and earth – Verdi used these ingredients to create a magnificently dramatic grand opera.

Don Carlos is a dark story about longing for freedom, doomed love, and politics. The Finnish National Opera's latest production adds added flavour to the opera's tone with a Goth staging. The music with its incredible arias for the bass voice is Verdi at his finest.

Conductor Pietro Rizzo

Director Manfred Schweigkofler

Sets Walter Schütze

Costumes Heidi Wikar

Lighting design Olli-Pekka Koivunen

Choreography Lotta Kuusisto

Cast:
-Filip II:  Mika Kares /   Jyrki Korhonen

-Elisabetta: JudithHowarth /  Sandra Lopez

-Don Carlos: Mika Pohjonen /  Orlando Niz

-Rodrigo (Posa): Tommi Hakala /  Jaakko Kortekangas

-Eboli: Lilli Paasikivi  /  Päivi Nisula

-Tebaldo : Dilbèr Margarita /  Nacer-Leinonen

-Suurinkvisiittori : Gregory Frank /  Koit Soasepp

-Munkki:  Rolf Broman