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
30 November - 02, 05 December 1962                                  
Teatro Comunale, Bologna  

OPENING PERFORMANCE OF TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA 

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Chorus master: Gaetano Riccitelli
Stage director: Domenico Messina
Scene and costumes: n/a
 
Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano
Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting NELL RANKIN mezzo-soprano
Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne BRUNO PREVEDI tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa DINO DONDI baritone
Philip II King of Spain NICOLA ZACCARIA bass
The Grand Inquisitor CARLO CAVA bass
A Monk ALFONSO MARCHICA bass
Tebaldo MARIA SUNARA soprano
Count Lerma FRANCO BORDONI tenor
The Royal Herald ALDO CAVALIEREI tenor
A heavenly voice n/a soprano
 
Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century
Place: France and Spain









OPERA NEWS                                      
1963 January

OPERA NEWS                                      
1963 February