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Sebastian Pilgrim

Philip II

Moon Soo Park

Tenor

Daniel Pataky

Don Carlo

Baritone

Evgueniy Alexiev

Rodrigo

Frank Dolphin Wong

The Grand Inquisitor

A Monk

Soprano

Sarah Kuffner

Elisabeth of Valois

Mezzo-soprano

Katja Starke

Princess Eboli

Dorine Mortelmans

Thibault

A Voice from Heaven

Liang-Hua Gong

The Count of Lerma

Royal Herald

Jan Wuttig

Christoph Maria Wolf

Christian Peuser

Timothy Whelan

Conductor

Alexander Kalajdzic

Stage director

Jochen Biganzoli

Set designer

Wolf Gutjahr

Costume designer

Heike Neugebauer

Video designer

Thomas Lippick

Dramaturge

Daniel Westen

Theater Bielefeld

Italian

Don Carlo (Italian version)

Bielefeld

Germany

Stadttheater

Don Carlo Verdi

German

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Übermächtig und schier unangreifbar wacht die Inquisition über dem Tun und Denken der Menschen – vom einfachen Mann bis zum spanischen König reicht der kondi...

»We see each other again in a better world, the first hour of eternity has already struck for us...« (Elisabeth)

For political reasons, the Spanish infante Don Carlo is proposed to marry the French princess Elisabetta. Despite the diplomatic background of the intended liaison, the two fall in love, but the supposed happiness soon fails: Carlo's father Filippo himself takes Elisabetta as his wife. From the perspective of the religious-patriarchal system, the lust of young people is thus transformed into incest. But the desire remains, becomes even greater and acting out against the background of the strict laws is at the same time more dangerous. The son rebels, the new queen sees herself caught in her own disharmony between political duty and human fulfillment. Meanwhile, the Marquis of Posa uses the desires of his fellow human beings to realize his supposed ideals of freedom.

Escape from this world, shaped by the depths of religious fanaticism and false ideals, seems almost impossible. And the viewer is drawn inexorably into the discourse about the soul and salvation.

English

Don Carlo (Italian version) by Verdi, From (2016/2017), Directed by Jochen Biganzoli,, Conductor Alexander Kalajdzic, Stadttheater, Bielefeld, Germany

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