Don Carlo / Gerzmava, Semenchuk, Mavlyanov, Abdrazakov, Mariinsky

Conductor: Valery Gergiev Elisabeth de Valois: Hibla Gerzmava Princess Eboli: Ekaterina Semenchuk Don Carlo: Sergei Skorokhodov Rodrigo: Roman Burdenko Philip II: Ildar Abdrazakov The Grand Inquisitor: Sergei Aleksashkin World premiere: 11 March 1867, Théâtre Impérial de l’Opéra, Paris Premiere at the Bolshoi (Kamenny) Theatre: 20 December 1868, Imperial Italian Opera Company Premiere at the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre (Mariinsky Theatre): 28 December 1976 (performed in Russian, translated by Dzhemal Dalgat) Premiere of this production: 29 November 2012