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Montserrat Caballe

BBC Radio 3
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Nine opera recordings by the Spanish soprano. 5: Don Carlos
Youthful infatuation in the forest of Fontainebleau and political intrigue in Philip II's Spain.
Verdi's five-act opera is a vast canvas in which private emotions are pitted against public duty. (Sung in Italian) (tenor)(soprano) (mezzo) (bass) (baritone) (bass) (bass) (soprano) (tenor) (bantone) (soprano)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus Chorusmaster
John McCarthy
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
3.25 Stephen Jay-Taylor talks about Caballe and the role of Elisabetta.
3.30 Acts 4 and 5

Contributors

Soprano:
Don Carlos
Unknown:
John McCarthy
Unknown:
Maria Giulini
Talks:
Stephen Jay-Taylor
Don Carlos:
Placido Domingo
Elisabetta di Valois:
Montserrat Caballe
La Principessa d'Eboli:
Shirley Verrett
Filippo II:
Ruggero Raimondi
Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa:
Sherrill Milnes
Il Grande lnquisitore:
Giovanni Foiani
Un Frate:
Simon Estes
Tebaldo:
Delia Wallis
Il Conte di Lerma:
Ryland Davies
Un Araldo Reale:
John Noble
Voce dal Cielo:
Maria-Rosa Del Campo
Source: Radio Times

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