Don Carlos

In the organizer's words:

King Philip II of Spain rules over a world empire where the sun never sets. His son Don Carlos is overshadowed by the splendor of his father, who has also taken his fiancée for reasons of state. Carlos' beloved French princess Elisabeth of Valois has been forced to become Queen of Spain and thus Carlos' stepmother in order to seal a peace treaty. Elisabeth also feels more for her stepson than she would like. Philip II thus justifiably feels unloved by his wife. Lonely at the pinnacle of power, he longs for someone to whom he can reveal himself. Philip hopes to find him in Carlos' friend, the Marquis of Posa. Posa is a "strange enthusiast" who dares to speak openly of "freedom of thought" even in front of the king. His liberal flights of thought make him the target of the Spanish Grand Inquisitor ...
Following Meyerbeer's "The Huguenots", Rossini's "William Tell", Auber's "The Mute of Portici", Berlioz' "The Trojans", Halévy's "The Jewess" and Saint-Saëns' "Samson and Dalila", our series of French grand operas is dedicated to an absolutely exceptional work of the genre, Giuseppe Verdi's "Don Carlos" from 1867. With this adaptation of Schiller, the grand master of 19th century Italian opera proved that he was also a master of the spectacularly large-scale genre of historical French opera. With "Don Carlos", you can look forward to the return of the directing duo Immo Karaman and Fabian Posca, whose Kiel production of "Samson and Dalila" was described by the specialist magazine OPERNWELT as a "unique evening of music theater" and was nominated for the German Theater Prize "DER FAUST" in the category "Directing Music Theater".

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