Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettists Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle 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 Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Production Dino Yannopoulos Designer Andreas Nomikos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Friar (Charles V) John Macurdy Don Carlo, infante of Spain Sandor Konya Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Thomas Stewart Princess Eboli Irene Dalis Countess Fuentes Gwen Curatilo Elisabeth of Valois, Philip's second wife Consuelo Rubio Philip II, King of Spain Giorgio Tozzi Countess Aremberg, lady-in-waiting to the queen Suzanne Stalley Count of Lerma, the royal herald Richard Riffel Celestial Voice Carol Todd Flemish ambassador Donald Drain Russell Christopher Joshua Hecht Winther Andersen Colin Harvey Eugene Lawrence Grand Inquisitor Michael Langdon Show Dates Tue, Oct 30 1962, 8pm 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