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 April, 2 May) 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
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