Composer
Librettists
Based On
the dramatic poem by Friedrich von Schiller
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1958
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Philip II, King of Spain
Don Carlo, Crown Prince
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa
Elisabeth of Valois, wife of Philip II
Princess Eboli
Countess of Mondecar
Grand Inquisitor
Friar (Charles V)
Count Lerma
Royal Herald
Countess of Aremberg
Celestial Voice
Show Dates
Time and Place
(not specified)
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- Cloister of the Monastery of St. Yuste
Scene 2 -- Cloister gardens of the Monastery
Act II, Scene 1 -- The Queen's gardens in Madrid
Scene 2 -- Square before the Cathedral
Act III -- In the King's palace in Madrid
Act IV, Scene 1 -- The prison of Don Carlo
Scene 2 -- Same as Act I, Scene 1
Notes
Stage setting is courtesy of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, designed by Robert Fletcher in 1957, is in exchange of the San Francisco Opera setting of "Turandot."
Major intermission after Act II