Libretto
Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the ddramatic poem by Friedrich Schiller
Premiere
French version in five acts: 11 March 1867, Paris (Opéra)
Italian version in four acts: 10 January 1884, Milan (La Scala)
Cast
PHILIPP II (bass)
DON CARLOS (tenor)
RODRIGO (baritone)
GRAND INQUISITOR (bass)
MONK (bass)
ELISABETH DE VALOIS (soprano)
PRINCESS EBOLI (mezzo-soprano)
THIBAULT (soprano)
VOICE FROM HEAVEN (soprano)
COUNTESS D'AREMBERG (silent)
COUNT DE LERMA (tenor)
ROYAL HERALD (tenor)
6 FLEMISH DEPUTIES (bass)
6 INQUISITORS (bass)
CHORUS
Lords and ladies of the French and Spanish courts, woodcutters, populace, pages, guards of Henry 11 and Philipp 11, monks, officers of the Inquisition, soldiers
Place
Time
1560