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'''''Don Carlos''''' (German: ''Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien'') [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Carlos_%28play%29] is a (historical) tragedy in five acts by Friedrich Schiller [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller]. Written between 1783 and 1787 and first produced in Hamburg in 1787. The title character is Carlos, Prince of Asturias and the play as a whole is loosely modeled on historical events in the 16th century under the reign of King Philip II of Spain. (Wikipedia)
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There are two well-known dramatic works by this name:
  
== The original text ==
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=''[[Don Carlos]]'' a play by Friedrich Schiller (1787)=  
  
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'''See ''[[Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien]]'''''
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=''[[Don Carlos]]'' an opera by Giuseppe Verdi  (1867)=
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''[[Don Carlos]]'' is the original French title of an opera by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi], based on Schiller's play ''[[Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien]]''. The opera is most often performed in Italian translation, usually under the title '''''[[Don Carlo]]'''''. It had its French premiere in  1867 and its Italian premiere in London at Covent Garden in June 1867, only being performed in Italy  at the Teatro Pagliano in Florence in April–May 1869.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
Translations into [[Afrikaans]] were done by [[Bartho Smit]] and [[W.J. du P. Erlank]].
 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1966: The Erlank [[Afrikaans]] translation was staged by [[PACOFS]] on the occasion of the Republic Festival, directed by [[Fred Engelen]], featuring  [[Jo Gevers]] (Don Carlos), [[Henk Hugo]] (Domingo), [[Deon Joubert]] (Markies van Posa), [[Tine Balder]] (Elizabeth), [[Rentia Human]] (Hertogin van Olivarez), [[Christine Basson]] (Prinses Eboli), [[Bettina Camerer]] (Markiesin van Mondecar), [[Francesca Bantock]] (Gravin Fuentes), [[Adele van Blommestein]] (Gravin Fabuola), [[Bie Engelen]] (Hofknaap), [[Fred Engelen]] (Phillip II) and others. Decor by [[Manfred Enickl]] and costumes by [[Gudrun Enickl]].
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1969: Presented by [[PACT Opera]].
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1975: Presented by [[PACT Opera]]; presented by [[CAPAB Opera]].
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1978: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]].
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1990: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (12 May – 2 June)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
[[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
 
  
[[PACOFS]] theatre programme, 1966.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Carlos
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[[Wayne Muller]]. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
  
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:13, 15 March 2024

There are two well-known dramatic works by this name:

Don Carlos a play by Friedrich Schiller (1787)

See Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien

Don Carlos an opera by Giuseppe Verdi (1867)

Don Carlos is the original French title of an opera by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)[1], based on Schiller's play Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien. The opera is most often performed in Italian translation, usually under the title Don Carlo. It had its French premiere in 1867 and its Italian premiere in London at Covent Garden in June 1867, only being performed in Italy at the Teatro Pagliano in Florence in April–May 1869.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1969: Presented by PACT Opera.

1975: Presented by PACT Opera; presented by CAPAB Opera.

1978: Presented by CAPAB Opera.

1990: Presented by CAPAB Opera (12 May – 2 June)

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Carlos

Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.

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