Haitink conducts Verdi's Don Carlos
A cast boasting Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Olga Borodina perform Verdi’s great opera Don Carlos, with the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink.
In 2020, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts. First appearing at the festival in 1966, Bernard Haitink gave his final Proms performance – his 90th! – in September 2019, on his last week before retirement. In 1996 he brought to the Proms forces from the Royal Opera (Covent Garden) – of which he was Music Director at the time – for a performance of Verdi’s Don Carlos. Perhaps the composer’s greatest opera, its principal characters are entangled in a web cast by the Church and State. This Proms performance features a fine cast including Olga Borodina and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, as well as future Proms favourite Roderick Williams.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Verdi: Don Carlos (1886 version)
Roberto Scandiuzzi (King Philip II)
Richard Margison (Don Carlos)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Rodrigo)
Robert Lloyd (Grand Inquisitor)
Sylvie Valayre (Elisabeth de Valois)
Olga Borodina (Princess Eboli)
Susan Parry (Thibault)
Robin Leggate (Count of Lerma)
Sorin Coliban (Old Monk)
Mary Plazas (Voice from Heaven)
Roderick Williams (Royal Herald)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
(From the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 1996, 20 July)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, Act 1
Singer: Sylvie Valayre. Singer: Olga Borodina. Singer: Richard Margison. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Roberto Scandiuzzi. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Singer: Robin Leggate. Singer: Mary Plazas. Singer: Susan Parry. Singer: Sorin Coliban. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Singer: Roderick Williams. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, Act 2, Scene 1
Singer: Sylvie Valayre. Singer: Olga Borodina. Singer: Richard Margison. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Roberto Scandiuzzi. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Singer: Robin Leggate. Singer: Mary Plazas. Singer: Susan Parry. Singer: Sorin Coliban. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Singer: Roderick Williams. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, Act 2, Scene 2
Singer: Sylvie Valayre. Singer: Olga Borodina. Singer: Richard Margison. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Roberto Scandiuzzi. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Singer: Robin Leggate. Singer: Mary Plazas. Singer: Susan Parry. Singer: Sorin Coliban. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Singer: Roderick Williams. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, Act 3
Singer: Sylvie Valayre. Singer: Olga Borodina. Singer: Richard Margison. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Roberto Scandiuzzi. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Singer: Robin Leggate. Singer: Mary Plazas. Singer: Susan Parry. Singer: Sorin Coliban. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Singer: Roderick Williams. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, Act 4, Scene 1
Singer: Sylvie Valayre. Singer: Olga Borodina. Singer: Richard Margison. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Roberto Scandiuzzi. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Singer: Robin Leggate. Singer: Mary Plazas. Singer: Susan Parry. Singer: Sorin Coliban. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Singer: Roderick Williams. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, Act 4, Scene 2
Singer: Sylvie Valayre. Singer: Olga Borodina. Singer: Richard Margison. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Roberto Scandiuzzi. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Singer: Robin Leggate. Singer: Mary Plazas. Singer: Susan Parry. Singer: Sorin Coliban. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Singer: Roderick Williams. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, Act 5
Singer: Sylvie Valayre. Singer: Olga Borodina. Singer: Richard Margison. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Roberto Scandiuzzi. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Singer: Robin Leggate. Singer: Mary Plazas. Singer: Susan Parry. Singer: Sorin Coliban. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Singer: Roderick Williams.
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- Sat 22 Aug 2020 18:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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