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
Libretto: G. Méry and C. du Locle after Schiller
Premièr at Opéra, Paris – 11 March 1867
22, 24†, 28, 30 April - 02 May 1968
Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
Conductor: Fernando Previtali
Chorus master: Tullio Boni
Stage director: Luchino Visconti
Scene and costumes: Luchino Visconti
Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano
Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting FIORENZA COSSOTTO mezzo-soprano
Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne BRUNO PREVEDI tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa SESTO BRUSCANTINI
MARIO ZANASI (28, 30.04, 02.05) baritone
Philip II King of Spain NICOLAI GHIAUROV bass
The Grand Inquisitor LUIGI RONI bass
A Monk FRANCO PUGLIESE bass
Tebaldo VIRGINIA DE NOTARISTEFANI soprano
La Contessa d’Aramberg RITA MISIANO dancer
Count Lerma ATHOS CESARINI tenor
The Royal Herald FERNANDO JACOPUCCI tenor
A heavenly voice GIOVANNA DI ROCCA soprano
Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century
Place: France and
Spain
† Recording date
L'UNITA
1968.04.20
L'UNITA
1968.04.21
L'UNITA
1968.04.22
L'UNITA
1968.04.23
L'UNITA
1968.04.29
L'UNITA
1968.04.30
EVENING HERALD
1968.05.18
COMPLETE RECORDING
1968.04.24
Recording Excerpts [1968.04.24]
Non piangere mia
compagna Act II
Giustizia, o sire! ho fé Act III
Tu che la vanita Act V














