Don Carlo trailer (The Royal Opera)

Don Carlo contains a host of vividly drawn characters, depicted through some of Verdi's most complex music. The chilling Grand Inquisitor imposes his will in thunderous, dark-toned music, while the revolutionary Marquis of Posa sings a stirring duet with Don Carlos in praise of freedom. And in Eboli and Elizabeth, Verdi created two of his most sympathetic heroines. The Royal Opera's staging provides a powerful backdrop, and conjures up the Renaissance splendour of 16th-century France and Spain.