Don Carlos

Synopsis

This performance, taped for TV in 1967, has many of the most famous singers in the German orbit of the time, mostly in prime form, in roles that suit them, a great conductor in his prime, and is a well thought out production. Don Carlos is given in German, in the four act version with the usual cuts of that era and some extra cuts (the royal procession in the first scene is gone, the middle of the garden scene is gone, cuts are made in all the ensembles in the auto da fe scene, there is a snip -- not the biggest I've heard -- in the final Carlos/Elisabetta duet -- and finally the very end is rewritten by unknown hands -- the Grand Inquisitor grasps Carlos, Elisabetta faints (so no Friar, identification of the Friar as Charles V, and no final B flat.)

Main Cast

James King

Don Carlos

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Pilar Lorengar

Elizabeth

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Josef Greindl

Phillip II

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Posa

Age : 86 | Popularity : 5%

Patricia Johnson

Eboli

Age : 90 | Popularity : 3%

Martti Talvela

Inquisitor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ivan Sardi

Monch

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lisa Otto

Engelstimme

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Gustaf Rudolf Sellner
Writing	Writer	Julius Kapp Kurt Soldan
Department	Role	Name

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