Leyla Gencer Archive

DON CARLO

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in four acts in Italian

Libretto: G. Méry and C. du Locle after Schiller

Premièr at Opéra, Paris – 11 March 1867

04 November 1958

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

SHRINE AUDITORIUM, LOS ANGELES

First Don Carlo Pruduction in Los Angeles

Conductor: Georges Sebastian

Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini

Stage director: Paul Hager

Stage setting: Robert Fletcher

Costumes: Goldstein & Co.

Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano

Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting IRENE DALIS mezzo-soprano
Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne JUSSI BJÖRLING tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa FRANK GUARRERA baritone
Philip II King of Spain GIORGIO TOZZI bass
The Grand Inquisitor GIUSEPPE MODESTI bass
A Monk MARK ELYN bass
Tebaldo JOAN MARIE MOYNAGH soprano
Count Lerma VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
The Royal Herald ROBERT THOMAS tenor
A heavenly voice RUTH DANIEL soprano

Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century

Place: France and Spain

Note: Stage setting is courtesy of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, designed by Robert Fletcher in 1957, is in exchange of the San Francisco Opera setting of "Turandot."