The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo

Plot Summary

Family jealousy, threat of rebellion, political back-stabbing and the Inquisition weigh heavy on the court of King Phillip II. The tension finally ignites at the King's coronation, where a number of heretics are to be burnt at the stake.

Top Cast

Roberto Alagna Don Carlo

Marina Poplavskaya Elisabeth of Valois

Layla Claire Tebaldo - Elisabeth's page

Eduardo Valdes The Count of Lerma

Simon Keenlyside Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa