Don Carlo

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Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Librettists
Joseph Méry

and

Camille du Locle
Based On

the dramatic poem by Friedrich von Schiller

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
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

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
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- A deserted corner of the palace garden
Scene 2 -- Before the cathedral
INTERMISSION
Act III -- The study of Philip II in the Escurial
Act IV, Scene 1 -- A royal prison
Scene 2 -- The monastery of St. Yuste

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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Italian adaptation by Antonio Ghislanzoni

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