Don Carlo

Overview

A 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)

Cast

Luis Lima

Don Carlo

Ileana Cotrubas

Elisabetta di Valois

Giorgio Zancanaro

Rodrigo

Robert Lloyd

Filippo II

B

Bruna Baglioni