Don Carlo

Plot Summary

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)

Top Cast

Luis Lima Don Carlo

Ileana Cotrubas Elisabetta di Valois

Giorgio Zancanaro Rodrigo

Robert Lloyd Filippo II

Bruna Baglioni Princess Eboli