Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast 11 March 1867 (Conductor: François George-Hainl) |
Revised version Premiere cast 10 January 1884 (Conductor: Franco Faccio) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe II (Filippo II / Philip II), the King of Spain, son of Charles V and father of Don Carlos | bass | Louis-Henri Obin | Alessandro Silvestri |
| Don Carlos (Don Carlo), Infante of Spain, son and heir to the King | tenor | Jean Morère | Francesco Tamagno |
| Rodrigue (Rodrigo), Marquis of Posa, a friend of the Infante Don Carlos | baritone | Jean-Baptiste Faure | Paul Lhérie |
| Le Grand Inquisiteur (The Grand Inquisitor, (Diego, Cardinal de Espinosa at the time, but not mentioned as such in the opera) | bass | Joseph David | Francesco Navarini |
| Élisabeth de Valois (Elisabeth of Valois), a French princess initially betrothed to Don Carlos but then married to King Philip | soprano | Marie-Constance Sass | Abigaille Bruschi-Chiatti |
| Princess Eboli, an aristocrat in court | mezzo-soprano | Pauline Guéymard-Lauters | Giuseppina Pasqua |
| A monk, (the apparition of the deceased Emperor Charles V, or "Carlo Quinto") | bass | Armand Castelmary | Leopoldo Cromberg |
| Thibault (Tebaldo), page to Elisabeth | soprano | Leonia Levielly | Amelia Garten |
| A Voice from Heaven | soprano | ||
| The Count of Lerma, a Spanish delegate to France | tenor | Gaspard | Angelo Fiorentini |
| Royal Herald | tenor | Mermant | Angelo Fiorentini |
| Countess of Aremberg, a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth | silent | Dominique | Angelina Pirola |
| Flemish deputies, Inquisitors, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Spanish Court, the people, Pages, Guards, Monks, Soldiers - chorus | |||
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