This comprehensive introduction to Giuseppe Verdi's 'Don Carlos' contains the complete libretto with numerous music examples. Kurt Pahlen comments on the work with music-related references as well explanations on the external and internal plot. A summary of the plot and a brief outline of the genesis bring 'Don Carlos' into relation with the composer's entire oeuvre and his life, thus providing comprehensive, richly illustrated information on this opera.

Zur Aufführung - Textbuch (Italienisch - Deutsch) mit Erläuterungen zu Musik und Handlung - Inhalt - Stoff und Geschichte der Oper "Don Carlos" - Gedanken zu "Don Carlos" - Kurze Biografie Verdis - Die Opern Verdis