Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation DON CARLO New Production Japan premiere Opera in five acts Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI Production of STAATSOPER STUTTGART, in cooperation with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation French language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play “DON CARLOS” by Friedrich Schiller Italian translation by Achille de Lauzières
FRI. 13. 18:00, SAT. 14. 14:00 & SUN. 15. 14:00 October 2023 at Tokyo Bunaka Kaikan (Japan)
Playing time: about 4hours 20min.
Conductor: Leonardo SINI Stage Director: Lotte de BEER Associate Stage Director: Carmen C.KRUSE Set & Costume Designer: Christof HETZER Lighting Designer: Alex BROK Choreographer: Ran Arthur BRAUN
Philip II Bass Fach : heavy bass / dramatic low bass / Dramatischer seriöser Bass / dramatic basso profondo Don Carlo Tenor Fach : spinto Rodrigue Baritone Fach : lyric baritone / Kavalierbariton(Full lyric baritone) / baritono cantabile The Grand Inquisitor Bass Fach : heavy bass / dramatic low bass / Dramatischer seriöser Bass / dramatic basso profondo / Charakterbass Elisabeth Soprano Fach : spinto Princess Eboli Mezzo-Soprano Fach : dramatic mezzo
A Monk Voice Part : bass The Count of Lerman Voice Part : tenor A Royal Herald Voice Part : tenor Thibault Soprano A Voice from Heaven Soprano The Countess of Aremberg : Silent
*** Act 1 [This act was omitted in the 1883 revision] The Forest of Fontainebleau, France in winter A prelude and chorus of woodcutters and their wives