Verdi: Don Carlo
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The Genres
Drama
History
Music
Overview
Elizabeth of Valois is promised in marriage to Don Carlos of Spain, as part of a peace treaty between the two kingdoms. They meet and fall in love â but no sooner have they declared their love than news comes that the terms of the treaty have changed: Elizabeth is to marry Carlosâs father Philip instead. Politics and religion are dangerously entwined in Giuseppe Verdiâs Don Carlo. Performed on November 30th, 2016, at the OpĂ©ra national du Rhin, Strasbourg.