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
1962
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Designer
Chorus Director
Costumers
Cast
Friar (Charles V)
Don Carlo, infante of Spain
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa
Princess Eboli
Countess Fuentes
Elisabeth of Valois, Philip's second wife
Philip II, King of Spain
Countess Aremberg, lady-in-waiting to the queen
Count of Lerma, the royal herald
Celestial Voice
Flemish ambassador
Grand Inquisitor
Show Dates
Time and Place
Second half of the sixteenth century; Madrid and environs
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- The monastery of St. Yuste
Scene 2 -- The queen's garden
Act II, Scene 1 -- A deserted corner of the palace garden
Scene 2 -- Before the cathedral
Act III -- The study of Philip II in the Escurial
Act IV, Scene 1 -- A royal prison
Scene 2 -- The monastery of St. Yuste
Legacy Commission
Italian adaptation by Antonio Ghislanzoni
Notes
New production
There will be intermissions of approximately twenty minutes each after Acts I and II
Acts III and IV will be played without an intermission