Leyla Gencer Archive

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

01, 04, 08, 19 January - 22, 26, February - 02 March 1961

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Chorus master: Norberto Mola
Stage director: Margherita Wallmann
Scene and costumes: Georges Wakhévitch

Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano

Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting GIULIETTA SIMIONATO mezzo-soprano

ORELIA DOMINQUEZ mezzo-soprano (08.01&02.03)

CHRISTA LUDWIG mezzo-soprano (22.&26.02)

Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne FLAVIANO LABO’ tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa ETTORE BASTIANINI baritone
Philip II King of Spain BORIS CHRISTOFF bass
The Grand Inquisitor NICOLAI GHIAUROV bass
A Monk AGOSTINO FERRIN bass
Tebaldo AURORA CATTELANI soprano
Count Lerma FRANCO PIVA tenor
Contessa d’Aramberg INES MICUCCI ballerina
The Royal Herald PIERO DE PALMA tenor
A heavenly voice PINUCCIA PEROTTI soprano
Flemish deputy VIRGILIO CARBONARI baritone
Flemish deputy DINO MANTOVANI bass
Flemish deputy GIUSEPPE MORRESI baritone
Flemish deputy LEONARDO MONREALE bass
Flemish deputy DARIO CASELLI bass baritone
Flemish deputy ATTILIO BARBESI bass baritone

Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century
Place: France and Spain

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano