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Giuseppe Verdi: DON CARLOS
2025-05-16T22:00:00.000Z - 2025-06-03T22:00:00.000Z
Opera in four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English and Italian subtitles
Length: 3 hours 45 minutes, with 1 intermission.
"Spain, 16th century. State and Church engaged in a relentless, destructive struggle to gain control over the people. Every rebellion, every attempt to establish a humane social order is nipped in the bud. The ideals of humanism are doomed to death, and its representatives are burnt at the stake of the Inquisition. The greatest victim is the king's son, Prince Don Carlos. He is the one who dares to love, to dream, to stand up for the freedom of an oppressed people, to defy the state and the church, to overthrow their system of power", writes Frank Hilbrich, the director of the production, and continues. There is no other composer for whom individual freedom was so important. His opera paints a terrifying picture of human civilisation."
Verdi set to music the original Schiller drama, almost every line of which is imbued with socio-political ideas, with an emphasis on individual emotions and spiritual impulses. Frank Hilbrich, a long-established director in the German-speaking world, has gained international renown not only for his contemporary operas but also for his Wagner productions.
May
16
Jun
03
Schedule
SEASONAL CAST
Conductor: Péter Halász
Philip II: Gábor Bretz, András Palerdi
Don Carlos: Boldizsár László
Marquis of Posa: Zsolt Haja
Erzsébet Valois: Zsuzsanna Ádám, Kinga Kriszta
Princess Eboli: Andrea Szántó, Erika Gál
Chief Inquisitor: András Palerdi, István Rácz
A monk: András Kiss
Tebaldo: Zsófia Kálnay
Duke Lerma: Tivadar Kiss
The heavenly voice: Judit Lőrincz
The Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and Choir
CREATORS
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
wrote the original libretto based on Schiller's drama: Joseph Méry, Camille du Locle
French libretto translated into Italian by Achille de Lauzières, Angelo Zanardini
Director: Frank Hilbrich
Set designer: Volker Thiele
Costume designer: Gabriele Rupprecht
Dramaturg: Eszter Orbán
Hungarian text: Eszter Orbán
English text: Arthur Roger Crane
Location
Hungarian State Opera
The Hungarian State Opera House is the only theatre in Hungary with a large company, specialising in operas and ballets. The building is one of Budapest's most important 19th century monuments. It was built in neo-Renaissance style according to the plans of Miklós Ybl. The richly decorated interior was designed by renowned Hungarian artists, including Mór Than, Károly Lotz and Bertalan Székely.