Im Zwiespalt: Don Carlo an der Wiener Staatsoper

Nicole Car (Elisabetta)

Nicole Car (Elisabetta) und Joshua Guerrero (Don Carlo)

Elīna Garanča (Eboli)

Roberto Tagliavini (Philipp II)

Joshua Guerrero (Don Carlo) und Étienne Dupuis (Rodrigo, Marquis von Posa)

Elīna Garanča (Eboli)

Nicole Car (Elisabetta)

By Snapdragon, 23 March 2025

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 20 March 2025

Verdi, Don Carlo(s)

Vienna State Opera

Philippe Jordan, Conductor

Kirill Serebrennikov, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Galya Solodovnikova, Ko-Kostümbildnerin

Olga Pavliuk, Mitarbeit Bühnenbild

Ilya Shagalov, Video

Daniil Orlov, Dramaturgy

Roberto Tagliavini, Filippo II

Joshua Guerrero, Don Carlo

Étienne Dupuis, Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa

Vitalij Kowaljow, Il Grande Inquisitore

Nicole Car, Elisabetta di Valois

Elīna Garanča, La Principessa Eboli

Evgeny Kulagin, Choreographie und Regieassistenz

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.