Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Metropolitan Opera, The: Don Carlo (1983) Rating: Starring: Grace Bumbry, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Louis Quilico Director: Brian Large Category: Classics, Classics Studio: Pioneer Studios Subtitles: English Length: 214 mins     Opera in three acts. Don Carlo is one of the grandest of all grand operas, a tour-de-force that challenges the resources of even the greatest theaters. Five major roles must be cast, along with a handful of smaller yet singularly crucial ones. Seven separate sets must be designed and constructed and populated with an army of authentically costumed singers - some 200 on stage at once in the spectacular auto-da-fe scene. Verdi's writing for the large orchestra is imaginative and demanding. The Met has accepted and responded to these challenges in magnificent fashion. The production "