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[1] (Don Carlos, Elisabeth, Eboli, Rodrigue, King Philip II, Grand Inquisitor Un voix d'en haut)
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)
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)
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)
^Royal Opera House, London, Covent Garden Books: Opera 12, pub. 1960, plus appearing in program books of all subsequent revivals of the 1958 production
