Overview
Don Carlo (1980) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / italian. King Philip's court is plagued by rebels, family squabbles and intrigue. The Spanish Inquisition tries to exert its influence. The tension finally ignites at the King's coronation, where heretics are to be burned at the stake
Cast
Don Carlo
Elizabeth of Valois
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa
Princess Eboli
King Philip
The Grand Inquisitor
Celestial Voice
Friar
Tebaldo
Forester
Count of Lerma
Countess of Aremberg