Don Carlos opens in Paris on 11 March 1867 as a completed French grand opera
Dated 11 March 1867: Don Carlos opens in Paris on 11 March 1867 as a completed French grand opera. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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Shared librettists, the imperial house, and later Italian revisions remain named; later revisions are not extra twins of this night.
Context
Second Empire spectacle is context, not a unique autocracy Fact minted against Verdi.
Giuseppe Verdi’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Lived 1813–1901. Impresarios, librettists, censors, khedival officers, and Ricordi share the public file. Va pensiero’s later nationalist reception is not stored as his revolutionary act. Complex contribution is required.
Why it matters
It is not Philip II’s historical file as Verdi’s act.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Giuseppe Verdi
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactDon Carlos opens in Paris on 11 March 1867 as a completed French grand opera
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 11 March 1867 · verified
It is not Philip II’s historical file as Verdi’s act.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Ricordi — Verdi publishing house heritageCasa Ricordi · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Giuseppe VerdiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Britannica and Ricordi-line lives print 11 March 1867 as the Paris Opéra premiere of Don Carlos.
Britannica and Ricordi independently describe the 1867 Paris premiere.
Established: 11 March 1867 premiere. Not established: unique later-censorship coefficients from this night.
Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorGiuseppe Verdi
- contributed toFactDon Carlos opens in Paris on 11 March 1867 as a completed French grand opera
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). Don Carlos opens in Paris on 11 March 1867 as a completed French grand opera. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-don-carlos-1867
https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-don-carlos-1867
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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