Musicology Annotation << Back The Genesis of Verdi`s «Don Carlos»: Auto-da-fe Scene Anastasia А. Logunova This paper is devoted to the auto-da-fé scene from «Don Carlos», which is a 3-th act fi nale of the opera. Special attention is given to the historical aspect, namely to the opera creation story and to the auto-da-fé scene incorporation reasons. By the analyses of art and documentary sources which are considered in foreign researches author gave a new version of auto-da-fé scene literary source. Also the original prose script of this scene is represented for the fi rst time in Russian-language Verdian studies. Keywords: Verdi, opera, fi nale, «Don Carlos», auto-da-fé, the dramaturgy of opera. Contacts: E-mail: ventolibero@mail.ru Pp. 34-38.