Composer
Librettists
Based On
the dramatic poem by Friedrich von Schiller
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1958
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Philip II, King of Spain
Giorgio Tozzi(9/16, 20)
Arnold van Mill(10/19)
Don Carlo, Crown Prince
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa
Elisabeth of Valois, wife of Philip II
Leyla Gencer(9/16, 20)
Christel Goltz(10/19)
Princess Eboli
Irene Dalis(9/16, 20)
Grace Hoffman(10/19)
Countess of Mondecar
Grand Inquisitor
Giuseppe Modesti(9/16, 20)
Lorenzo Alvary(10/19)
Friar (Charles V)
Harold Enns(10/19)
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
INTERMISSION
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
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1958_06_compressed.pdf
(9.51 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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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."