This week's Met Opera broadcast is Verdi's Don Carlo, set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition. Ramon Vargas sings the title role and Lorin Maazel conducts.
Don Carlo
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Ramón Vargas as the title character and Barbara Frittoli as Elisabeth de Valois in Verdi's "Don Carlo."