Giuseppe Verdi
This year's Metropolitan Opera Listener's Choice is a 1950 performance of Giuseppe Verdi's grand masterpiece, Don Carlo, an intense telling of political intrigue, power struggle and forbidden love during the reign of King Phillip II of Spain during the 16th century. This recorded performance from the Met's archives stars tenor Jussi Björling in the title role.
Show Notes
Cast includes Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Delia Regal and Cesare Siepi.