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Based On

the dramatic poem by Friedrich von Schiller

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1973
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costumes
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation

Cast

Friar (Charles V)
Don Carlo
Grand Inquisitor
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa
Philip II
Elisabeth of Valois
Princess Eboli
Countess Aremberg
Count Lerma
Celestial Voice

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/23/1973, live broadcast, KKHI. 

Time and Place

Madrid and environs; second half of the sixteenth century

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The Monastery of St. Yuste
Scene 2 -- The garden of St. Yuste
Act II, Scene 1 -- The Queen's garden
Scene 2 -- Before the cathedral
Act III, Scene 1 -- The study of Philip II in the Escurial
Scene 2 -- A royal prison
Scene 3 -- The Monastery of St. Yuste

Media

Notes

11/23/1973, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews: #1 Gwyneth Jones (guest), Talk, Endowment Fund, Emmet G. Solomon (guest) #2 Season Summary, Kurt Hert Adler (guest).

Scenery from the San Antonio Grand Opera Italian version of "Don Carlos"