Giuseppe Verdi's Five Act Grand Opera, Don Carlo
Although composer Giuseppe Verdi’s five act grand opera, Don Carlo, was performed in Italian, translation is not required in order for love, war, politics, friendship, and betrayal to be unveiled. First performed in Paris in 1867, the plot amazingly unfolds through the dynamics and tempo of orchestral music and through the beautiful musical score of voices ranging from soprano to bass by the opera performers.
The opera’s dialogue was a French language libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle. In the first act of this dramatic play, Elisabeth, a French Princess, and Don Carlo, the Infante of Spain, who are engaged to be married, meet for the first time. Just as their duet, a combination of soprano and tenor, reveals love at first sight,
The opera’s dialogue was a French language libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle. In the first act of this dramatic play, Elisabeth, a French Princess, and Don Carlo, the Infante of Spain, who are engaged to be married, meet for the first time. Just as their duet, a combination of soprano and tenor, reveals love at first sight,