Watch this opera in full at www.medici.tv/#!/don-carlo-royal-opera-house-nicholas-hytner-antonio-pappano Don Carlo, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 2008 (title role: Rolando Villazón) Ferruccio Furlanetto (Philip II) singing at the opening of Act III Antonio Pappano, music director Nicholas Hytner, stage director Bob Crowley, set designer Mark Henderson, lighting Rolando Villazón (Don Carlos) Marina Poplavskaya (Elizabeth of Valois) Simon Keenlyside (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa) Ferruccio Furlanetto (Philip II) Sonia Ganassi (Princess Eboli) Pumeza Matshikiza (Tebaldo) Nikola Matišić (Count of Lerma) Jacques Imbrailo (Flemish deputy) Krzysztof Szumanski (Flemish deputy) Kostas Smoriginas (Flemish deputy) Daniel Grice (Flemish deputy) Darren Jeffery (Flemish deputy) Vuyani Mlinde (Flemish deputy) Eric Halfvarson (Grand Inquisitor) Robert Lloyd (Carlos V) Anita Watson (Voice from Heaven) Alexander D'Andrea (Priest inquisitor) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Royal Opera Chorus Renato Balsadonna, chorus master TV director: Robin Lough