On 7 December, the opening night of Don Carlo will be broadcast live in cinemas, on television, on the radio. Further information is available in the section dedicated to the initiative.

Composed at the apex of Verdi’s musical career, the dark Don Carlo describes the cruel world of the victims of authority during the Spanish inquisition. The Spanish infante is in love with his stepmother, while at the same time desired by his father’s lover. Philip II’s throne is itself controlled by the ecclesiastic power: the Great Inquisitor even obtains the sacrifice of his son and of his most loyal friend, Posa.

The opera will be presented in its 1884 Italian-language version (the shortest of the five known versions), which Verdi composed for La Scala.

Opera in four acts. Libretto by François-Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle. Italian translation by Achille de Lauzières and Angelo Zanardini