DON CARLOS
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Opera in five acts in Italian
Libretto: G. Méry and C. du Locle after Schiller
Premièr at Opéra, Paris – 11 March 1867
30 January 1962
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Conductor: Edward Downes
Chorus master: Douglas Robinson
Stage director: Luchino Visconti
Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano
Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting RITA GORR mezzo-soprano
Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne ERNST KOZUB tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa JOHN SHAW baritone
Philip II King of Spain CESARE SIEPI bass
The Grand Inquisitor MICHAEL LONGDON bass
A Monk JOSEPH ROULEAU bass
Tebaldo JEANNETTE SINCLAIR soprano
Count Lerma EDGAR EVANS tenor
The Royal Herald ROLAND LEWIS tenor
A heavenly voice ELIZABETH VOUGHAN soprano
Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century
Place: France and Spain
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