Don Carlos – Opera

"Don Carlos" - Dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Nikola Gyuzelev’s birth
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor Grigor Palikarov

Director Nina Naydenova

Set design Boris Stoynov

Costumes Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoynova

Lighting design Valentin Andonov

Cast:
PHILIP II - Deyan Vachkov
DON CARLOS – Reynaldo Droz
QUEEN ELIZABETH – Yoana Zhelezcheva PRINCESS EBOLI – Velichka Minkova
MARQUIS OF POSA – Svilен Nikolov

Featuring the orchestra and choir of the Varna State Opera

The Varna State Opera commemorates the 90th anniversary of the birth of the great opera singer Nikola Gyuzelev with Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental opera “Don Carlos,” inspired by historical events and Schiller’s drama and considered one of the most ambitious works in the operatic repertoire. Director Nina Naydenova’s production unfolds the dramatic clash between power, duty, and personal feelings in a highly evocative stage setting, while under the baton of maestro Grigor Palikarov, Verdi’s music resounds with its full emotional power and breadth.

The great Verdi was repeatedly inspired by the works of Friedrich Schiller—his operas “Joan of Arc” (1845), “The Robbers” (1847), and “Luisa Miller” (1849). In 1866, once again drawing on one of his tragedies, he created his highly artistic work—the musical drama “Don Carlos”—commissioned by the Paris Grand Opera. The Italian people’s struggle for liberation, as well as the fierce clashes between secular and ecclesiastical power that hindered the unification of Italy, echo the events depicted in Schiller’s drama. Of his work, Verdi remarked: “This opera was born amid fire and flames.” The librettists Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle wrote the libretto in the style of French grand opera—in five acts, with a traditional ballet. Seventeen years later, Verdi wrote a shorter version intended for La Scala in Milan, which is still performed in Italy today.

"Don Carlos" - Dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Nikola Gyuzelev’s birth
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor Grigor Palikarov

Director Nina Naydenova

Set design Boris Stoynov

Costumes Tsvetanka Petkova-Stoynova

Lighting design Valentin Andonov

Cast:
PHILIP II - Deyan Vachkov
DON CARLOS – Reynaldo Droz
QUEEN ELIZABETH – Yoana Zhelezcheva PRINCESS EBOLI – Velichka Minkova
MARQUIS OF POSA – Svilен Nikolov

Featuring the orchestra and choir of the Varna State Opera

The Varna State Opera commemorates the 90th anniversary of the birth of the great opera singer Nikola Gyuzelev with Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental opera “Don Carlos,” inspired by historical events and Schiller’s drama and considered one of the most ambitious works in the operatic repertoire. Director Nina Naydenova’s production unfolds the dramatic clash between power, duty, and personal feelings in a highly evocative stage setting, while under the baton of maestro Grigor Palikarov, Verdi’s music resounds with its full emotional power and breadth.

The great Verdi was repeatedly inspired by the works of Friedrich Schiller—his operas “Joan of Arc” (1845), “The Robbers” (1847), and “Luisa Miller” (1849). In 1866, once again drawing on one of his tragedies, he created his highly artistic work—the musical drama “Don Carlos”—commissioned by the Paris Grand Opera. The Italian people’s struggle for liberation, as well as the fierce clashes between secular and ecclesiastical power that hindered the unification of Italy, echo the events depicted in Schiller’s drama. Of his work, Verdi remarked: “This opera was born amid fire and flames.” The librettists Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle wrote the libretto in the style of French grand opera—in five acts, with a traditional ballet. Seventeen years later, Verdi wrote a shorter version intended for La Scala in Milan, which is still performed in Italy today.