Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle
After the play Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller
First Performance at the Opéra, Paris, March 11 1867
First Performance of the Four-act Version in Italian at La Scala,
Milan, January 10, 1884 **
Time and Place: Spain in the mid sixteenth century
Sung in Italian with English Supertitles
THE CAST
(In order of appearance)
| Old Monk, Charles V. bass | Daniel Borowski* | |
| Don Carlo, Infante of Spain, tenor | Sergej Larin (Russia) | |
| Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa, baritone | Rodney Gilfrey (USA) | |
| Tebaldo, A page, soprano | Laura Portune (USA)+ | |
| Princess Eboli, mezzo-soprano | Mariana Pentcheva (Bulgaria) | |
| Elisabetta, Queen of Spain, soprano | Sondra Radvanovsky (USA) | |
| Filippo, King Philip II of Spain, bass | Ferruccio Furlanetto (Italy) | |
| Royal Herald, tenor | Chad Frisque (USA)+ | |
| Voice from Heaven, soprano | Laura Portune (USA)+ | |
| Count di Lerma, tenor | Joseph Hu (Taiwan)+ | |
| Grand Inquisitor, bass | Louis Lebherz (USA) | |
| Conductor | Edoardo Müller (Italy) | |
| Director | Lotfi Mansouri (Iran) | |
| Lords and ladies of the court, Flemish deputies, inquisitors, monks, soldiers, pages, guards, townspeople | ||
* San Diego Opera début
+San Diego Opera Ensemble alumni
Production owned by San Francisco Opera. Designer: Zack Brown
Estimated running time 4 hours with 2 intermissions
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
| Eboli = ËH-boh-lee | ` | Serjei Larin = SEHR-gay LAHR-in |
| Lerma = LEHR-mah | Pentcheva = pent-CHAY-vah | |
| Posa = POH-sah | Radvanovsky = rahd-vahn-OFF-skee | |
| Tebaldo = the-BAHL-doh | Lotfi Mansouri = LOT-fee Mahn-SOO-ree | |
| Edoardo Müller = ed-WARH-doh MEOOL-lehr | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi = jee-oo-SEHP-peh VEHR-dee | ||
** The original French, five-act version is Don Carlos. In Italian it is Don Carlo