Don Carlo (1985)

Director: Brian Large

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

Bruna Baglioni

Princess Eboli

Joseph Rouleau

Grand Inquisitor

Matthew Best

A monk

Patricia Parker

Tebaldo

John Dobson

Count of Lerma

Lola Biagioni

A voice from heaven