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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)Read moreLess
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 & crew
Luis LimaDon Carlo
Ileana CotrubasElisabetta di Valois
Giorgio ZancanaroRodrigo
Robert LloydFilippo IIBruna Baglioni
Bruna BaglioniPrincess Eboli
Joseph RouleauGrand InquisitorMatthew Best
Matthew BestA monkJohn Dobson
John DobsonCount of LermaLola Biagioni
Lola BiagioniA voice from heavenAlan Jones
Alan JonesA royal heraldRomayne Grigorova
Romayne GrigorovaCountess of Aremburg (silent acting role)Explore the crew
- Producer
- Robin Scott
- Director
- Brian Large
- Writer
- Joseph Méry
- Writer
- Camille du Locle