Verdi's Don Carlo for The Royal Opera in 1985, available on DVD. The composer was originally commissioned by the Paris Opera to write Don Carlo to a French libretto, and the work premiered as a five-act grand opera in March 1867.
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Elisabetta di Valois - Ileana Cotrubas
Tebaldo - Patricia Parker
The Countess of Aremburg - Romayne Grigorova
Don Carlo - Luis Lima
Count Lerma - John Dobson
A Monk - Matthew Best
Rodrigo - Giorgio Zancanaro
Philip II - Robert Lloyd
Princess Eboli - Bruna Baglioni
A Royal Herald - Alan Jones
A Voice from Heaven - Lola Biagioni
Grand Inquisitor - Joseph Rouleau
Flemish Deputies - Ian Comboy, Stephen Rhys-Williams, Henry Herford, Martin McEvoy, Julian Moyle, Brian Donlan
Royal Opera House Chorus
Chorus master: Peter Burian
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Stage Director: Christopher Renshaw (after Luchino Visconti)
Set & Dostume Designer: Luchino Visconti
Lighting: Bill McGee (after Luchino Visconti)
Recorded at the Royal Opera House, April 1985
Picture: NTSC 4:3
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, IT, ES, PO, JP
Running time: 204 mins