Something close to a dream cast & the 5 act version, despite some cuts, is always welcome. Vickers sang this role a bit more often than I was aware of & here is one of the strongest in the cast. I know Gobbi to be a supreme artist but by this time his voice, for this role anyway, is dry & probably past its best. Barbieri, not at her strongest in high lying roles such as this, contributes minimally, IMO. Christoff is superb & his scene with Michael Langdon as the Inquisitor is especially exciting. Brouwenstijn does very well also. A mixed bag indeed but on balance well worth hearing.
thank you for uploading this! my favorite "o don fatale, o don crudel" so far :) too bad they cut the trio before that. wanted to hear Vickers in the "sei tu, sei tu, alma beata" - is there a recording of him singing it?
Giulini makes too many ruinous cuts, especially in the act I love duet, and act 4, where he omits the entire final scene. His studio recording is better.
To be fair to him, this was the staging that led to recognition of Don Carlo as a great if flawed opera, and without it I doubt he'd have had the chance to make the (better) studio recording. But you are right the studio one is definitely better.
The cuts were likely practical ways of keeping the audience for a four-hour evening, counting two intermissions. Don Carlo as written is a Verdi opera with a Wagnerian length.
@@davidwyatt850il merito fu di Luchino Visconti che pretese l'opera in 5 atti, trattandosi di un grand opéra. I tagli a quei tempi in teatro erano inevitabili e fare critiche retroattive e' inutile. Se pensiamo all'Anna Bolena della Callas, massacrata di tagli da Gavazzeni...ancor peggiori.
Something close to a dream cast & the 5 act version, despite some cuts, is always welcome. Vickers sang this role a bit more often than I was aware of & here is one of the strongest in the cast. I know Gobbi to be a supreme artist but by this time his voice, for this role anyway, is dry & probably past its best. Barbieri, not at her strongest in high lying roles such as this, contributes minimally, IMO.
Christoff is superb & his scene with Michael Langdon as the Inquisitor is especially exciting. Brouwenstijn does very well also. A mixed bag indeed but on balance well worth hearing.
Thank you for posting this!
Act 1: 0:00
Act 2, s.1: 16:19
Act 2, s.2: 33:05
Act 3, s.1: 1:12:21
Act 3, s.2: 1:26:35
Act 4, s.1: 1:45:54
Act 4, s.2: 2:22:04
Act 5: 2:34:28
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thank you for uploading this! my favorite "o don fatale, o don crudel" so far :) too bad they cut the trio before that. wanted to hear Vickers in the "sei tu, sei tu, alma beata" - is there a recording of him singing it?
Giulini makes too many ruinous cuts, especially in the act I love duet, and act 4, where he omits the entire final scene. His studio recording is better.
To be fair to him, this was the staging that led to recognition of Don Carlo as a great if flawed opera, and without it I doubt he'd have had the chance to make the (better) studio recording. But you are right the studio one is definitely better.
The cuts were likely practical ways of keeping the audience for a four-hour evening, counting two intermissions. Don Carlo as written is a Verdi opera with a Wagnerian length.
@@davidwyatt850il merito fu di Luchino Visconti che pretese l'opera in 5 atti, trattandosi di un grand opéra. I tagli a quei tempi in teatro erano inevitabili e fare critiche retroattive e' inutile. Se pensiamo all'Anna Bolena della Callas, massacrata di tagli da Gavazzeni...ancor peggiori.