| Composer: |
Giuseppe Verdi |
| Music title: |
Don Carlos (1867) |
| Librettist: |
Joseph Méry |
| Librettist: |
Camille du Locle |
| Translator: |
Achille de Lauzières |
| Translator: |
Angelo Zanardini |
| Work definition: |
Opera in five acts |
| Title notes: |
Also known in Italian as 'Don Carlo' |
| After: |
After the dramatic poem 'Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien' by Friedrich von Schiller |
| Language: |
Italian |
| Notes: |
This opera exists in two versions: the original 1867 work in five acts and an 1884 version in four acts. Both were written to a French libretto, but also exist in an Italian translation by Achilee de Lauzières. Angelo Zanardini revised Lauzières's translation for the 1884 version, which premiered in Italian under the title 'Don Carlo'. In 1886 Verdi restored the 1867 first act to the 1884 version.
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| World premiere: |
10 January 1884, Teatro alla Scala, Milan |
| ROH premiere: |
9 May 1958, Covent Garden Opera Company |
| ROH company premiere: |
9 May 1958, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
| Related work: |
Don Carlos [1867]
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