Sofia National Opera 16 November 1960  Don Carlo    Liubomir Bodurov Elisabeth    Radka Konforti Eboli    Jordanka Dimcheva Philip    Nikolai Ghiaurov Rodrigo    Asen Selimski Count di Lerma    Milen Paunov Grand Inquisitor    Pavel Manolov Tebaldo    Vasia Radeva Monk    Nikola Christov Atanas Margaritov, cond.

Act I

Act II

11:05	Dio che nell'alma infondere
15:25	Veil Song
38:40	Scene 6 - Restate!

Act III

13:50

Part 2 - Auto da fé

Act IV

09:45	Scene 2 - The Grand Inquisitor
30:50	O don fatale
38:45	Per me giunto

Act V

Following the first performance by the Sofia National Opera in Bulgaria in 1936 there wasn't a production again until 1958 with the Varna Opera. Since then, it has become a staple in all the opera houses of Bulgaria, thanks to the number and excellence of the native basses. The stereo recording features the young Nikolai Ghiaurov singing his first Philip in Italian while the rest of the cast is heard in Bulgarian. The confrontation between Ghiaurov's Philip and Manolov's Inquisitor is famous in Bulgaria.