Verdi/Gavin/Watson/Miles/ Dazeley/Dutton/Tomlinson/Opera North/Farnes: Don Carlos | CD review

(Chandos, three CDs)Though the latest addition to Chandos's Opera in English series is based on Opera North's 2009 revival of Tim Albery's staging of Verdi's dark masterpiece, the cast on the recording differs significantly from that which took the production on tour. Alistair Miles comes in as Philip II; Clive Bayley, the Grand Inquisitor in the stage performances, here sings the less significant part of the Monk while John Tomlinson replaces him in the great scene between the Inquisitor and th...

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