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Title Don Carlo / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locke ; Metropolitan Opera Association.

Publication Info. Hollywood, CA : Bel Canto Paramount Home Video, [1985]
©1985

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Description 2 videocassettes (214 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Physical Medium 1/2 in.
polychrome
Description analog
magnetic
stereo
VHS
Note Opera in 5 acts.
Cast Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry, Louis Quilico, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus; James Levine, conductor.
Credits Production by John Dexter.
Event Recorded live in performance, Mar. 26, 1983, Metropolitan Opera, New York, N.Y.
Note Stereo.
System Details VHS format.
Summary Philip II of Spain marries Elisabeth de Valois who was engaged to his son, the Infante, Don Carlos. In trying to secure freedom for the Netherlands, Carlos is arrested. Carlos escapes and meets Elisabeth secretly. But they are spied upon, and only the apparition of his grandfather, Charles V, saves Carlos from the Inquisition.
Note The opera is followed by a program broadcast during intermission, Verdi at Sant'Agata. Host Francis Robinson describes Verdi's villa in this 8 min. segment.
Language Sung in Italian, with English subtitles; originally in French.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Méry, Joseph, 1798-1865, librettist.
Du Locle, Camille, 1832-1903, librettist.
Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer.
Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020, performer.
Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023, performer.
Quilico, Louis, performer.
Ghiaurov, Nicolai, 1929-2004, performer.
Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor.
Dexter, John, 1925-1990, producer.
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Don Carlos. Italian.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
Bel Canto Paramount Home Video.
Added Title Don Carlos
Verdi at Sant'Agata.
Music No. VHS 2363 Bel Canto Paramount Home Video