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
12 April 1964                                   
Teatro alla Scala, Milano                                           

Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Chorus master: Roberto Benaglio
Stage director: Margherita Wallmann
Scene and costumes: Georges Wakhévitch

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 NICOLAI HERLEA baritone
Philip II King of Spain NICOLAI GHIAUROV bass
The Grand Inquisitor MARTTI TALVELA bass
A Monk ANTONIO ZERBINI bass
Tebaldo GIULIANA TAVOLACCINI soprano
Count Lerma LORENZO TESTI tenor
The Royal Herald PIERO DE PALMA tenor
A heavenly voice LIMBANIA LEONI soprano
Contessa d’Aremberg INES MICUCCI ballerina
Flemish deputy VIRGILIO CARBONARI baritone
Flemish deputy GURRANDO RIGIRI bass
Flemish deputy SERGIO PEZZETTI bass baritone
Flemish deputy DARIO CASELLI bass baritone
Flemish deputy GIUSEPPE MORESI baritone
Flemish deputy ATTILIO BATBESI tenor

Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century
Place: France and Spain

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano