Don Carlo

Directed by Brian Large

Written by Joseph Méry, Camille du Locle

A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bernard Haitink memorably directs a superb cast that includes Ileana Cotrubas at the height of her powers and Luis Lima, unequalled in his tortured introspection, in the title role. (5-act version, sung in Italian)

Cast

Luis Lima

Don Carlo

Ileana Cotrubas

Elisabetta di Valois

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Giorgio Zancanaro

Rodrigo

Robert Lloyd

Filippo II

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Bruna Baglioni

Princess Eboli

Joseph Rouleau

Grand Inquisitor

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Matthew Best

A monk

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Patricia Parker

Tebaldo

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John Dobson

Count of Lerma

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Lola Biagioni

A voice from heaven

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Alan Jones

A royal herald

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Romayne Grigorova

Countess of Aremburg (silent acting role)