Don Carlo

A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bernard Haitink memorably directs a superb cast that includes Ileana Cotrubas at the height of her powers and Luis Lima, unequalled in his tortured introspection, in the title role. (5-act version, sung in Italian)

• Brian LargeDirector
• Joseph MéryWriter
• Camille du LocleWriter

• Luis LimaDon Carlo
• Ileana CotrubasElisabetta di Valois
• Giorgio ZancanaroRodrigo
• Robert LloydFilippo II
• Bruna BaglioniPrincess Eboli
• Joseph RouleauGrand Inquisitor
• Matthew BestA monk
• Patricia ParkerTebaldo
• John DobsonCount of Lerma
• Lola BiagioniA voice from heaven
• Alan JonesA royal herald
• Romayne GrigorovaCountess of Aremburg (silent acting role)