DON CARLO – VERDI
Presented on Dec 3, 5, 7, 13 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Winter Season
Renato Francesconi – Carlo
Anna Maria Balboni – Elisabetta
Helge Bömches – Filippo
Walter Monachesi – Rodrigo
Katia Kolceva Angeloni – Eboli
Giovanni Gusmeroli – Inquisitore
Deirdre Grier – Tebaldo
Napoleone Annovazzi – Conductor
Philippe Perrottet – Producer
Listen to this production here:
Recording begins with Eboli’s Veil Song and ends during the final scene of the opera – the missing fragments are sadly lost
“Don Carlo” Gaiety Theatre Dublin, December 1973 (see foot of page for names)
Don Carlo (Renato Francesconi) in “Don Carlo” at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin in December 1973
Princess Eboli (Katia Kolceva Angeloni) in “Don Carlo” at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin in December 1973 
Marquis of Posa (Walter Monachesi) in “Don Carlo” backstage at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin in December 1973 
Marquis of Posa (Walter Monachesi) and Princess Eboli (Katia Kolceva Angeloni) during “Don Carlo” at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin in December 1973 
Elisabetta di Valois (Anna Maria Balboni) and Don Carlo (Renato Francesconi) during “Don Carlo” at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin in December 1973 
Choristers John and Tom Carney backstage during “Don Carlo” at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin in December 1973
We THINK this might be from the auto-da-fe scene in this Don Carlo — but we’re not absolutely sure – Marie ???, Maura Devine and Stella Byrne
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