Don Carlo
1985A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bernard Haitink memorably directs a superb cast that includes Ileana Cotrubas at the height of her powers and Luis Lima, unequalled in his tortured introspection, in the title role. (5-act version, sung in Italian)
Acted in
Luis Lima
as Don Carlo
Ileana Cotrubas
as Elisabetta di Valois
Giorgio Zancanaro
as Rodrigo
Robert Lloyd
as Filippo II
Bruna Baglioni
as Princess Eboli
Joseph Rouleau
as Grand Inquisitor
Matthew Best
as A monk
Patricia Parker
as Tebaldo
John Dobson
as Count of Lerma
Lola Biagioni
as A voice from heaven
Alan Jones
as A royal herald
Romayne Grigorova
as Countess of Aremburg (silent acting role)