Don Carlo
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1985
3h 24min
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)
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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)
Released
12 October 1985
Runtime
3h 24min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
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
Alan Jones
A royal herald
Romayne Grigorova
Countess of Aremburg (silent acting role)