Don Carlo : opera in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle ; based on the play by Friedrich Schiller ; production, John Dexter.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoNew York : Metropolitan Opera Association, ©1983 ; Hollywood, CA : Pioneer Classics, ©2001.
Description1 videodisc (214 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Subjects

Other author/creatorMéry, Joseph, 1798-1865.
Other author/creatorDu Locle, Camille, 1832-1903.
Other author/creatorDexter, John, 1925-1990.
Other author/creatorDomingo, Plácido, 1941-
Other author/creatorFreni, Mirella, 1935-2020
Other author/creatorBumbry, Grace, 1937-2023
Other author/creatorQuilico, Louis.
Other author/creatorGhiaurov, Nicolai, 1929-2004.
Other author/creatorFurlanetto, Ferruccio.
Other author/creatorLevine, James, 1943-2021
Other author/creatorSchiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Don Carlos.
Other author/creatorVerdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Don Carlos.
Other author/creatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Other author/creatorPioneer Classics (Firm)
Other author/creatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus.
Other author/creatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra.
Abstract Don Carlo, crown prince of Spain, falls in love with Elisabeth of Valois, originally promised to him but later married to his father King Philip, as part of the terms of a peace treaty between France and Spain. Incited to treason against his father on behalf of the Flemish, and accused of adultery with the queen, Don Carlo is cast into prison. Escaping, he flees to the monastery of St. Just, where Elisabeth comes to bid him farewell. The lovers are surprised by the King and the Grand Inquisitor, but Don Carlo is protected from them when the ghostly Charles V emerges from the tomb and draws him into the cloister.
General noteCataloged from container and program notes.
General noteIssued with program notes and synopsis.
General noteIncludes in 8 min. special program : Verdi at Sant'Agata.
Performer Plácido Domingo (Don Carlo), Mirella Freni (Elizabeth of Valois), Grace Bumbry (Princess of Eboli), Louis Quilico (Rodrigo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Philip II, King of Spain), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Grand Inquisitor) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded live at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Mar. 26, 1983.
Audience General.
Technical detailsDVD, Dolby digital.
LanguageSung in Italian, with English subtitles.
Genre/formOperas.
Genre/formHistorical films.
Other titleVerdi at Sant'Agata.
Publisher numberPC-11562 Pioneer Classics