Editing Don Carlos (section)

====1872 revisions for Naples====
Following the unsuccessful performance in [[Naples]] in 1871, Verdi was persuaded to visit the city for further performances in November / December 1872,<ref>Walker 1962, p. 417.</ref> and he made two more modifications to the score: (a) a revision of the closing two-thirds of the Philippe-Rodrigue duet in Act 2, Scene 2 (to Italian verses, almost certainly by [[Antonio Ghislanzoni]]<ref name=Porter1982p368>Porter 1982, p. 368.</ref>), which replaced some of the previously cut material, and (b) the removal of the ''allegro marziale'' section of the final Elisabeth-Carlos duet (replaced with an 8-bar patch).<ref>Verdi; Günther 1986, pp. XX, 263–276 (a), 623 (b). Budden 1981, pp. 28–29. Porter 1982, p. 362.</ref> These are the only portions of the opera that were composed to an Italian rather than a French text.<ref name=Porter1982p368/> According to Julian Budden, Verdi "was to regret both modifications".<ref>Budden 1981, p. 29.</ref> Ricordi incorporated the revisions into later prints of the opera without changing the plate numbers. This subsequently confused some authors, e.g. [[Francis Toye]] and [[Ernest Newman]], who dated them to 1883.<ref>Porter 1982, pp. 362–363.</ref>