Don Carlo is a work of extraordinary scope and richness, as this recording proves time and again. In 1970, twelve years after he had conducted a landmark production of the opera at Covent Garden, Carlo Maria Giulini again took charge of the forces of London’s Royal Opera House. He drew vividly memorable performances from an illustrious cast, led by Plácido Domingo as the ill-fated Spanish prince.
Disc 1
01 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Su Cacciator! pronti o la belva (Coro) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
02 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Fontainebleau! foresta immensa e solitaria! - Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
03 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Io la vidi e al suo sorriso (Carlo) - Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
04 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Il suon del corno alfin nel bosco tace (Carlo/Tebaldo/Elisabetta) - Placido Domingo/Delia Wallis/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
05 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Al mio pie', perchè? - Montserrat Caballé/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
06 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Di qual amor, di quanto ardor (Elisabetta/Carlo) - Montserrat Caballé/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
07 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Al fedel ch'ora viene, o signora (Tebaldo/Elisabetta/Carlo) - Delia Wallis/Montserrat Caballé/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
08 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): L'ora fatale è suonata (Elisabetta/Carlo) - Montserrat Caballé/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
09 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Inni di festa lieti echeggiate (Coro/Elisabetta/Carlo) - Montserrat Caballé/Placido Domingo/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
10 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Il glorioso Re di Francia (Conte di Lerma/Coro/Elisabetta) - Ryland Davies/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
11 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Vi benedica, Iddio dal ciel! (Coro/Elisabetta/Carlo) - Montserrat Caballé/Placido Domingo/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
12 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Preludio (Orchestra) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
13 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Carlo, il sommo Imperatore (Coro/Un Frate) - Simon Estes/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
14 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Al chiostro di San Giusto (Carlo/Un Frate) - Placido Domingo/Simon Estes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
15 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): E lui! desso! I'Infante! - Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
16 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Questo arcano dal Re non fu sorpreso ancora? (Rodrigo/Carlo) - Sherrill Milnes/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
17 Verdi: Don Carlo, Act 1: "Dio, che nell'alma infondere amor" (Carlo, Rodrigo, Coro, Un Frate) - Carlo Maria Giulini
18 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Sotto ai folti, immensi abeti (Coro di Dame/Tebaldo) - Delia Wallis/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
19 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Tra queste mura pie la Regina (Eboli/Dame) - Shirley Verrett/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
20 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Nei giardin del bello (Eboli/Tebaldo/Dame) - Shirley Verrett/Delia Wallis/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
21 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): La Regina!...Un'arcana mestizia...(Dame/Eboli/Elisabetta/Tebaldo/Rodrigo) - Shirley Verrett/Montserrat Caballé/Delia Wallis/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
22 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Che mai si fa nel suol francese - Shirley Verrett/Sherrill Milnes/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
23 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Carlo, ch'è sol il nostro amore (Eboli/Rodrigo/Elisabetta) - Shirley Verrett/Sherrill Milnes/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
24 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Io vengo a domandar - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
25 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Perduto ben, mio sol tesor - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
26 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Oh! Carlo! oh! Carlo! (Carlo/Elisabetta) - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
Disc 2
01 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Il Re!...Perchè sola è la Regina? (Tebaldo/Filippo/Coro) - Delia Wallis/Ruggero Raimondi/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
02 Don Carlo (2000 - Remaster): Non pianger, mia compagna (Elisabetta/Rodrigo/Coro/Filippo) - Montserrat Caballé/Sherrill Milnes/Ruggero Raimondi/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
03 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Restate!...Al mio regal cospetto - Ruggero Raimondi/Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
04 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): O Signor, di Fiandra arrivo - Shirley Verrett/Ruggero Raimondi/Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
05 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Quest'è la pace che voi date al mondo? - Ruggero Raimondi/Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
06 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Osò lo sguardo tuo penetrar il mio soglio (Filippo/Rodrigo) - Ruggero Raimondi/Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
07 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): VII: Preludio (Orchestra) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
08 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): A mezzanotte, ai giardin della Regina - Placido Domingo/Shirley Verrett/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
09 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Ciel! Non è la Regina! (Carlo/Eboli) - Placido Domingo/Shirley Verrett/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
10 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Che disse mai? (Rodrigo/Eboli) - Sherrill Milnes/Shirley Verrett/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
11 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Al mio furor sfuggite invano - Shirley Verrett/Sherrill Milnes/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
12 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Ed io, che tremava al suo aspetto! - Shirley Verrett/Sherrill Milnes/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
13 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Tema per te, falso figliuolo (Eboli/Rodrigo/Carlo) - Shirley Verrett/Sherrill Milnes/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
14 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Carlo! se mai su te fogli importanti serbi (Rodrigo/Carlo) - Sherrill Milnes/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
15 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza (Coro) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
16 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Il corteggio reale (Orchestra/Coro) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
17 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Schiusa or sia la porta del tempio! (L'Araldo/Coro) - John Noble/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
18 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Nel posar sul mio capo la corona (Filippo/Coro/Elisabetta/Carlo/Rodrigo/Deputati) - Ruggero Raimondi/Montserrat Caballé/Placido Domingo/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
19 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): A Dio voi foste infidi, infidi al vostro Re (Filippo/Coro/Elisabetta/Tebaldo/Carlo/Rodrigo/Deputati) - Ruggero Raimondi/Montserrat Caballé/Delia Wallis/Placido Domingo/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
20 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Sire! egli è tempo ch'io viva! (Carlo/Filippo/Elisabetta/Tebaldo/Rodrigo/Coro) - Placido Domingo/Ruggero Raimondi/Montserrat Caballé/Delia Wallis/Sherrill Milnes/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
21 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): O ciel! Tu! Rodrigo! (Carlo/Coro/Elisabetta/Filippo/Voce dal Cielo/Deputati) - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballé/Ruggero Raimondi/Maria-Rosa del Campo/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
Disc 3
01 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Introduzione (Orchestra) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
02 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Ella giammai m'amò! - Ruggero Raimondi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
03 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal (Filippo) - Ruggero Raimondi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
04 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Il Grand' Inquisitor! (Conte di Lerma/L'Inquisitore/Filippo) - Ryland Davies/Giovanni Foiani/Ruggero Raimondi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
05 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Nell' ispano suol mai l'eresia dominò - Giovanni Foiani/Ruggero Raimondi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
06 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Mio padre, che tra noi la pace alberghi ancor (L'Inquisitore/Filippo) - Giovanni Foiani/Ruggero Raimondi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
07 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Giustizia, giustizia, Sire! (Elisabetta/Filippo) - Montserrat Caballé/Ruggero Raimondi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
08 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Ardita troppo voi favellate! - Ruggero Raimondi/Montserrat Caballé/Shirley Verrett/Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
09 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Ah! si maledetto, sospetto fatale (Filippo/Elisabetta/Eboli/Rodrigo) - Ruggero Raimondi/Montserrat Caballé/Shirley Verrett/Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
10 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Pietà! Pietà! perdon! (Eboli/Elisabetta) - Shirley Verrett/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
11 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Ah! più non vedrò la Regina! O don fatale, o don crudel - Shirley Verrett/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
12 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): O mia Regina, io t'immolai (Eboli) - Shirley Verrett/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
13 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Son io, mio Carlo (Rodrigo/Carlo) - Sherrill Milnes/Placido Domingo/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
14 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Per me giunto è il dì supremo (Rodrigo) - Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
15 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Che parli tu di morte? (Carlo/Rodrigo) - Placido Domingo/Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
16 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): O Carlo, ascolta, la madre.... - Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
17 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Io morrò, ma lieto in core (Rodrigo) - Sherrill Milnes/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
18 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Mio Carlo, a te la spade io rendo (Filippo/Carlo/Conte di Lerma/Eboli/L'Inquisitore) - Ruggero Raimondi/Placido Domingo/Ryland Davies/Shirley Verrett/Giovanni Foiani/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
19 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Introduzione (Orchestra) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
20 Don Carlo (2000 - Remaster): Tu che le vanità - Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
21 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Carlo qui verrà! Sì! - Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
22 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Addio! Addio, bei sogni d'ôr - Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
23 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Tu che le vanità (Elisabetta) - Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
24 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): E dessa!...Un detto, un sol - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
25 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Vago sogno m'arrise! - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
26 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Ma lassù ci vedremo (Carlo/Elisabetta) - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballé/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
27 Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Sì, per sempre! (Filippo/L'Inquisitore/Elisabetta/Carlo/Un Frate/Familiari) - Ruggero Raimondi/Giovanni Foiani/Montserrat Caballé/Placido Domingo/Simon Estes/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini