Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlos
Julian Gavin (Don Carlos), Janice Watson (Elisabeth), Alastair Miles (Philip II), William Dazeley (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Jane Dutton (Eboli), Sir John Tomlinson (Grand Inquisitor), Julia Sporsén (Thibault), Clive Bayley (Old Monk)
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, Richard Farnes
Best of the principals are Alastair Miles's distinctive King Philip; John Tomlinson's terrifying Grand Inquisitor and Clive Bayley's Monk. Opera North's choral and orchestral forces are both...
Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlos
Julian Gavin (Don Carlos), Janice Watson (Elisabeth), Alastair Miles (Philip II), William Dazeley (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Jane Dutton (Eboli), Sir John Tomlinson (Grand Inquisitor), Julia Sporsén (Thibault), Clive Bayley (Old Monk)
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, Richard Farnes
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Best of the principals are Alastair Miles's distinctive King Philip; John Tomlinson's terrifying Grand Inquisitor and Clive Bayley's Monk. Opera North's choral and orchestral forces are both...
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3 CDs for the price of 2
Based on Schiller’s play, Verdi’s magnificent and arguably greatest opera, Don Carlos, has everything – intense personal passion and pain enmeshed in the web of political and religious agendas – utterly relevant to today and superbly expressed in a score of gripping intensity.
This recording was made in Leeds Town Hall between Opera North’s May/June 2009 production and is the first recording of the work in English. Conducted by Richard Farnes, the performances knocked everyone who witnessed them sideways.
The Observer thought ‘The work came alive as never before, its passionate exchanges between king, son, stepmother and loyal friend all the more incandescent, an endorsement for the Peter Moores Foundation “Opera in English” series on Chandos, who record this Don Carlos for future release.’ York Press wrote ‘This is a drama torrid enough to satisfy the senses on many levels,’ whilst The Spectator declared Richard Farnes, ‘the best Verdian of our time.’
Tenor Julian Gavin takes the title role, and is ably assisted by William Dazeley as Rodrigo, Janice Watson as Elizabeth, Alistair Miles as Philip II and Sir John Tomlinson as the Grand Inquisitor.
Contents and tracklist
- Richard Farnes, Opera North Orchestra, Clive Bayley, Julian Gavin, Opera North Chorus, William Dazeley
- Richard Farnes, Opera North Orchestra, Julian Gavin, Alastair Miles, Julia Sporsén, Jane Dutton, Janice Watson, Opera North Chorus, William Dazeley
- Richard Farnes, Opera North Orchestra, Julian Gavin, Jane Dutton, William Dazeley
- Richard Farnes, Opera North Orchestra, Opera North Chorus, Alastair Miles, Campbell Russell, Julian Gavin, William Dazeley, Janice Watson, Rebecca Ryan, Julia Sporsén, Julian Close, Grant Doyle
- Richard Farnes, Opera North Orchestra, Alastair Miles, John Tomlinson, Janice Watson, Stephen Briggs, William Dazeley, Jane Dutton
- Richard Farnes, Opera North Orchestra, Alastair Miles, William Dazeley, Julian Gavin, John Tomlinson, Stephen Briggs, Jane Dutton, Opera North Chorus
- Richard Farnes, Opera North Orchestra, Janice Watson, Julian Gavin, Alastair Miles, John Tomlinson, Clive Bayley, Opera North Chorus
Awards and reviews
Christmas 2009
Best of the principals are Alastair Miles's distinctive King Philip; John Tomlinson's terrifying Grand Inquisitor and Clive Bayley's Monk. Opera North's choral and orchestral forces are both splendid, and conductor Richard Farnes proves a superb interpreter of the score.
April 2010
Under Richard Farnes, the orchestral playing will stand comparison with the acknowledged best...The style also impresses as bearing the imprint of a genuine Verdi conductor, with playing where, at times, one feels as though the instruments are contributing their own apt dialogue to the drama.
17th January 2010
It’s a pleasure to hear so many of the words, particularly from Julian Gavin’s plangent-toned Infante, William Dazeley’s ardent, lyrical Posa and John Tomlinson’s terrifying, gnarly-voiced Inquisitor... yet the best reason for acquiring the set is Richard Farnes’s superb conducting.
15th January 2010
Richard Farnes's outstanding conducting exudes confidence and regularly catches the ear with its theatrical flair and sense of over-arching power
2nd December 2009
...a well integrated, cleanly delineated performance...The outstanding element is Richard Farnes's forceful and vivid conducting of a finely responsive orchestra.
