Don Carlo

Story

Synopsis

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)

Director

Brian Large

Writers

Camille du Locle, Joseph Méry

Language

Italian

Release date

12 October 1985

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Luis Lima

  Don Carlo

• 

  Ileana Cotrubas

  Elisabetta di Valois

• 

  Giorgio Zancanaro

  Rodrigo

• 

  Robert Lloyd

  Filippo II

• Bruna Baglioni

  Princess Eboli

• 

  Joseph Rouleau

  Grand Inquisitor

• Matthew Best

  A monk

• Patricia Parker

  Tebaldo

• John Dobson

  Count of Lerma

• Lola Biagioni

  A voice from heaven

• Alan Jones

  A royal herald

• Romayne Grigorova

  Countess of Aremburg (silent acting role)