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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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)
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