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Film / 1985
Don Carlo
Directed by
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)
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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)
Cast
Luis LimaDon Carlo
Ileana CotrubasElisabetta di Valois
Giorgio ZancanaroRodrigo
Robert LloydFilippo II
Bruna BaglioniPrincess Eboli
Joseph RouleauGrand Inquisitor
Matthew BestA monk
Patricia ParkerTebaldo
John DobsonCount of Lerma
Lola BiagioniA voice from heaven
Alan JonesA royal herald
Romayne GrigorovaCountess of Aremburg (silent acting role)
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