VHS format. Opera in 5 acts. "VHS 2363." In Italian with English subtitles. A videorecording of the performance at the Metropolitan Opera on March 26, 1983. Program notes by Andrew Porter and synopsis of scenes in English. Includes, at end, the 8 min. program broadcast during intermission: Verdi at San't Agata. Host Francis Robinson describes Verdi's villa. Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry, Louis Quilico, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
Contents:
Pt. 1.(109 min.) -- pt. 2.(116 min.).
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. Escaping, he meets Elisabeth secretly, but they are spied upon, and only the apparition of his grandfather, Charles V, saves Carlos from the Inquisition.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)12930078
Locations:
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids) — 782.1073 V584d, 1985
O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)
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