Leyla Gencer Archive: Don Carlo

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

05†, 09 May 1970

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Giuseppe Patané

Chorus master: Roberto Benaglio

Stage director: Jean Pierre Ponnelle

Scene and costumes: Jeanne Renucci / Georges Wakhevitch

Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano

Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting SHIRLEY VERRRETT mezzo-soprano
Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne FLAVIANO LABO tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa LINO PUGLISI baritone
Philip II King of Spain NICOLA GHIUSELEV bass
The Grand Inquisitor GIOVANNI FOIANI bass
A Monk GIANNICOLA PIGLIUCCI bass
Tebaldo WILMA VERNOCCHI soprano
Count Lerma GIANFRANCO MANGANOTTI tenor
The Royal Herald PEORO DE PALMA tenor
A heavenly voice MARIA CANDIDA soprano
Flemish deputy GIUSEPPE MORRESI baritone
Flemish deputy CARLO FORTI baritone
Flemish deputy GUIDO PASELLA bass
Flemish deputy ALFONSO MARCHICA bass
Flemish deputy DINO MANTOVANI bass
Flemish deputy SILVIO MOINICA baritone

Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century

Place: France and Spain

† Recording date

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano

GENCER ALLA SCALA

DON CARLO

STAGIONE 1969 – 1970

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Her "Elisabetta" Costume
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Recording Excerpt [1970.05.05]

Tu che le venita Act IV

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

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

04 November 1958

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

DON CARLO'S FIRST LOS ANGELES PERFORMANCE

Conductor: Georges Sebastian

Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini

Stage director: Paul Hager

Stage setting: Robert Fletcher

Costumes: Goldstein & Co.

Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano

Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting IRENE DALIS mezzo-soprano
Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne JUSSI BJÖRLING tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa FRANK GUERRERA baritone
Philip II King of Spain GIORGIO TOZZI bass
The Grand Inquisitor GIUSEPPE MODESTI bass
A Monk MARK ELYN bass
Tebaldo JOAN MARIE MOYNAGH soprano
Count Lerma VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
The Royal Herald ROBERT THOMAS tenor
A heavenly voice RUTH DANIEL soprano

Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century

Place: France and Spain