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)
Genre : Music
Runtime : 204 mins
Release Date : 1985-10-12

(Don Carlo)

(Elisabetta di Valois)

(Rodrigo)

(Filippo II)
(Princess Eboli)

(Grand Inquisitor)
(A monk)
(Tebaldo)
(Count of Lerma)
(A voice from heaven)
(A royal herald)
(Countess of Aremburg (silent acting role))