# Don Carlos discography

This is a list of recordings of Don Carlos, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, known as Don Carlo in its Italian-language versions. Don Carlos premiered as a five-act French grand opera at the Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra in Paris on 11 March 1867. In 1883, Verdi created a revised 4-act (Milan) version, which has generally been performed and recorded in Italian. In 1886, Ricordi published a 5-act (Modena) version without the ballet with the first act added to the 4-act 1883 revision. The 1886 Modena version has been recorded in French and in Italian. Since 1973, some performances in Italian and in French have restored music cut before the Paris premiere, especially the introduction to Act 1 (with a chorus of woodcutters).

## Audio recordings in French

| Year | Cast (Don Carlos, Elisabeth, Eboli, Rodrigue, King Philip II, Grand Inquisitor Un voix d'en haut) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1973 | André Turp Edith Tremblay Michelle Vilma Robert Savoie Joseph Rouleau Richard Van Allan Prudence Lloyd | John Matheson BBC Concert Orchestra BBC Singers (original BBC broadcast) (5-act Paris version with the ballet and all the music cut before the premiere) | Opera Rara Cat: ORCV 305 |
| 1984 | Plácido Domingo Katia Ricciarelli Lucia Valentini Terrani Leo Nucci Ruggero Raimondi Nicolai Ghiaurov Arleen Auger | Claudio Abbado Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (1886 5-act version with five pieces of cut or replaced music and the ballet in an appendix) | Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 415 981-2 |
| 1996 | Roberto Alagna Karita Mattila Waltraud Meier Thomas Hampson José van Dam Eric Halfvarson Donna Brown | Antonio Pappano Orchestre de Paris Théâtre du Châtelet Chorus (recorded at Théâtre du Châtelet) (5-act version without ballet with some of the music cut before the premiere and some from the 1886 revised version) | EMI Classics Cat: 56152 |

## Video recordings in French

| Year | Cast (Don Carlos, Elisabeth, Eboli, Rodrigue, King Philip II, Grand Inquisitor Une voix d'en haut) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1996 | Roberto Alagna Karita Mattila Waltraud Meier Thomas Hampson José van Dam Eric Halfvarson Donna Brown | Antonio Pappano Orchestre de Paris Théâtre du Châtelet Chorus Stage producer: Luc Bondy (5-act version without ballet with some of the music cut before the premiere and some from the 1886 revised version) | DVD, Blu-ray: Kultur Video Cat: D 2031 |
| 2004 | Ramon Vargas Iano Tamar Nadja Michael Bo Skovhus Alastair Miles Simon Yang Inna Los | Bertrand de Billy Wiener Staatsoper Directed for stage by Peter Konwitschny (5-act Paris version with the ballet and all the music cut before the premiere) | DVD: TDK |
| 2022 | Matthew Polenzani Sonya Yoncheva Jamie Barton Étienne Dupuis Eric Owens John Relyea Amanda Woodbury | Patrick Furrer Metropolitan Opera Production by David McVicar (5-act 1886 revised version with the 1866 Paris Don Carlos/Philip duet and insurrection in scene 2 of act 4 and largo ending of act 5) | Streaming HD video: Met Opera on Demand |

## Audio recordings in Italian

| Year | Cast (Don Carlos, Elisabeth, Eboli, Rodrigue, King Philip II, Grand Inquisitor Voce dal Cielo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1950 | Jussi Björling Delia Rigal Fedora Barbieri Robert Merrill Cesare Siepi Jerome Hines Lucine Amara | Fritz Stiedry Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (4 acts; radio broadcast recorded 11 November) | West Hill Radio Archives Cat: WHRA 6021 and Met Opera on Demand |
| 1951 | Mirto Picchi Maria Caniglia Ebe Stignani Paolo Silveri Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Giulio Neri Graziella Sciutti | Fernando Previtali Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI (4 acts) | Warner Fonit Cat: 8573 82649-2 |
| 1954 | Mario Filippeschi Antonietta Stella Elena Nicolai Tito Gobbi Boris Christoff Giulio Neri Orietta Moscucci | Gabriele Santini Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra Rome Opera Chorus (4 acts) | EMI Classics Cat: 64642 |
| 1955 | Richard Tucker Eleanor Steber Blanche Thebom Ettore Bastianini Jerome Hines Nicola Moscona Shakeh Vartenissian | Kurt Adler Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (4 acts; recorded on 5 March) | Myto Cat: 946.116 |
| 1956 | Angelo Lo Forese Anita Cerquetti Fedora Barbieri Ettore Bastianini Cesare Siepi Giulio Neri Shakeh Vartenissian | Antonino Votto Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (recorded on 16 June) | Melodram Cat: CDM 370104. |
| 1958 | Eugenio Fernandi Sena Jurinac Giulietta Simionato Ettore Bastianini Cesare Siepi Marco Stefanoni Anneliese Rothenberger | Herbert von Karajan Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus (4 acts; recorded at Salzburg Festival on 26 July) | Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 447655 |
| 1958 | Jon Vickers Gré Brouwenstijn Fedora Barbieri Tito Gobbi Boris Christoff Michael Langdon Ava June | Carlo Maria Giulini Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (1886 5-act "Modena version"; recorded on 12 May) | Royal Opera House Heritage Cat: ROHS 003 |
| 1961 | Flaviano Labò Antonietta Stella Fiorenza Cossotto Ettore Bastianini Boris Christoff Ivo Vinco Giuliana Matteini | Gabriele Santini Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (5 acts; 1886 unabridged version) | Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 437739 |
| 1964 | Franco Corelli Leonie Rysanek Irene Dalis Nicolae Herlea Giorgio Tozzi Hermann Uhde Junetta Jones | Kurt Adler Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (4 acts; recorded on 7 March) | Living Stage Cat: LS 4035171 and Met Opera on Demand |
| 1965 | Carlo Bergonzi Renata Tebaldi Grace Bumbry Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Nicolai Ghiaurov Martti Talvela Joan Carlyle | Georg Solti Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (5 acts; 1886 unabridged version) | Decca Cat: 421114 |
| 1970 | Plácido Domingo Montserrat Caballé Shirley Verrett Sherrill Milnes Ruggero Raimondi Giovanni Foiani María-Rosa del Campo | Carlo Maria Giulini Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (5 acts; 1886 unabridged version) | EMI Classics Cat: 67397 |
| 1978 | José Carreras Mirella Freni Agnes Baltsa Piero Cappuccilli Nicolai Ghiaurov Ruggero Raimondi Barbara Hendricks | Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus (4 acts) | EMI Classics Cat: 6930 |
| 1992 | Luciano Pavarotti Daniela Dessì Luciana d'Intino Paolo Coni Samuel Ramey Alexander Anisimov Nuccia Focile | Riccardo Muti Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (4 acts) | EMI Classics Cat: 58631 |
| 1997 | Richard Margison Galina Gorchakova Olga Borodina Dmitri Hvorostovsky Roberto Scandiuzzi Robert Lloyd Sylvia McNair | Bernard Haitink Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (5 acts; 1886 unabridged version) | Philips Cat: |

## Video recordings in Italian

| Year | Cast (Don Carlos, Elisabeth, Eboli, Rodrigue, King Philip II, Grand Inquisitor Una voce dal cielo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1980 | Vasile Moldoveanu Renata Scotto Tatiana Troyanos Sherrill Milnes Paul Plishka Jerome Hines Therese Brandson | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus Production by John Dexter (Unabridged 5-act version; telecast on 21 February) | DVD: The Metropolitan Opera Cat: 811357013311; and Met Opera on Demand |
| 1983 | Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Grace Bumbry Louis Quilico Nicolai Ghiaurov Ferruccio Furlanetto Marvis Martin | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus Production by John Dexter (Unabridged 5-act version; telecast on 26 March) | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4085 |
| 1985 | Luis Lima, Ileana Cotrubas Bruna Baglioni Giorgio Zancanaro Robert Lloyd Joseph Rouleau Lola Biagioni | Bernard Haitink The Royal Opera, Covent Garden Original production by Luchino Visconti Staged by Christopher Renshaw (5-act 1886 version) | DVD: Warner Vision Cat: 505 1011 02422-1 (2005) |
| 1986 | José Carreras Fiamma Izzo D'Amico Agnes Baltsa Piero Cappuccilli Ferruccio Furlanetto Matti Salminen Antonella Bandelli | Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Salzburg Festival chorus Set design: Günther Schneider-Siemssen (4 acts) | DVD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697296019 |
| 1992 | Luciano Pavarotti Daniela Dessì Luciana D'Intino Paolo Coni Samuel Ramey Alexander Anisimov Antonella Bandelli | Riccardo Muti Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Stage production and video direction: Franco Zeffirelli (4 acts) | DVD: EMI Classics Cat: 358631-2 |
| 2008 | Rolando Villazón Marina Poplavskaya Sonia Ganassi Simon Keenlyside Ferruccio Furlanetto Eric Halfvarson Anita Watson | Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus Directed by Nicolas Hytner (1886 version in 5 acts; recorded on 14, 17 June and 3 July) | DVD: EMI Classics Cat: 50999 6 31609 9 4 |
| 2010 | Roberto Alagna Marina Poplavskaya Anna Smirnova Simon Keenlyside Ferruccio Furlanetto Eric Halfvarson Jennifer Check | Yannick Nézet-Séguin Metropolitan Opera Production by Nicolas Hytner (1886 version in 5 acts; recorded on 11 December) | HD streaming video: Met Opera on Demand |
| 2013 | Jonas Kaufmann Anja Harteros Ekaterina Semenchuk Thomas Hampson Matti Salminen Eric Halfvarson Kiandra Howarth | Antonio Pappano Vienna Philharmonic Salzburg Festival chorus Staged by Peter Stein (5-act hybrid of the 1886 Modena and 1866 uncut Paris versions) | DVD: Sony Classical Cat: 88843005769 Blu-ray: Cat: 88843005779 |
| 2024 | Joshua Guerrero Asmik Grigorian Eve-Maud Hubeaux Étienne Dupuis Roberto Tagliavini Dimitry Ulyanov Ileana Tonca | Philippe Jordan Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus Stage director, set & costume designer: Kirill Serebrennikov (4 acts, abridged; recorded on 29 September) | 4K UHD streaming video: Unitel |

## Recordings in German

| Year | Cast (Don Carlos, Elisabeth, Eboli, Rodrigue, King Philip II, Grand Inquisitor Voce dal Cielo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1948 | Boris Greverus Irma Demuth Joanna Blatter Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Josef Greindl Josef Herrmann Elfriede Hingst | Ferenc Fricsay Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in German; recorded on 18 November) | Audio recording: Myto Cat: 001.H038 |
| 1960 | Ludmila Dvorakova Martin Ritzman Hedwig Müller-Bütow Rudolf Jedlicka Theo Adam | Franz Konwitschny Berlin Opera House | Walhall Eternity Series |
| 1965 | James King Pilar Lorengar Patricia Johnson Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Josef Greindl Martti Talvela | Wolfgang Sawallisch Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus (4 acts; sung in German) | DVD: Arthaus Musik Cat: 101 621 |