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

05†, 09 May 1970

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Giuseppe Patané

Chorus master: Roberto Benaglio

Stage director: Jean Pierre Ponnelle

Scene and costumes: Jeanne Renucci / Georges Wakhevitch

Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano

Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting SHIRLEY VERRRETT mezzo-soprano
Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne FLAVIANO LABO tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa LINO PUGLISI baritone
Philip II King of Spain NICOLA GHIUSELEV bass
The Grand Inquisitor GIOVANNI FOIANI bass
A Monk GIANNICOLA PIGLIUCCI bass
Tebaldo WILMA VERNOCCHI soprano
Count Lerma GIANFRANCO MANGANOTTI tenor
The Royal Herald PEORO DE PALMA tenor
A heavenly voice MARIA CANDIDA soprano
Flemish deputy GIUSEPPE MORRESI baritone
Flemish deputy CARLO FORTI baritone
Flemish deputy GUIDO PASELLA bass
Flemish deputy ALFONSO MARCHICA bass
Flemish deputy DINO MANTOVANI bass
Flemish deputy SILVIO MOINICA baritone

Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century

Place: France and Spain

† Recording date

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano