History Theatre / DonCarlo

* CheaterGetsCheatedOn: Philip is outraged to learn that his wife Elizabeth has cheated on him with his son Carlos (in fact, it's emotional adultery which both parties try to suppress, and they have barely met since Elizabeth's marriage), while he has cheated on her with Princess Eboli before. Eboli is the one who realizes the hypocrisy of the situation and confesses everything to Elizabeth (not to mention that she doesn't even love Philip either: she loves Carlos as well... [[LoveDodecahedron things are seriously messed up in that opera]]).

* PaperThinDisguise: Carlos ''will'' take masked Eboli for the Queen, even if the two ladies are nothing alike.

''Don Carlo'' (''Don Carlos'' in the original French) is an 1867 opera by Music/GiuseppeVerdi, after the play ''Don Carlos'' by Friedrich von Schiller. The plot of both the play and the opera is ''very'' loosely based on the events surrounding the real Don Carlos, son of Philip II, King of Spain. Basically, it goes like this: Don Carlos, the Prince of Spain, was engaged to the French princess Élisabeth of Valois, but just as the two lovebirds meet and strike LoveAtFirstSight, Carlos' father, King Philip, decides to take the girl for himself. There's also Don Carlos' best friend Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa, who tries to get Carlos to [[LaResistance help the oppressed region of Flanders]], there's the [[FemmeFatale Princess of Eboli]] [[StalkerWithACrush stalking]] Don Carlos, and many other characters with their own issues. Being an opera, it [[DownerEnding does not end well]].

* KingIncognito: The mysterious monk in the monastery of Saint-Just is [[spoiler:Philip's father, King Carlos V.]]

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Élisabeth

''Don Carlo'' was originally composed for the Paris opera (as ''Don Carlos'') and was translated into Italian later. Now, though, the Italian version is more common. The opera was originally in five acts, with the first act taking place earlier than the rest of the piece and showing how Carlos and Élisabeth meet and begin to fall in love. Some time after the premiere, Verdi revised the opera and created a shorter version without the first act, which was premiered in Italy in 1884. Verdi also authorized performances of the five-act version, and both are still performed, along with other versions that restore [[CutSong material that was cut]] in the original production or the revision. However, the plot and most of the numbers remain the same in all versions.

''Don Carlo'' was originally composed for the Paris opera (as ''Don Carlos'') and was translated into Italian later. Now, though, the Italian version is more common. The opera was originally in five acts, with the first act taking place several years earlier than the rest of the piece and showing how Carlos and Élisabeth meet and begin to fall in love. Some time after the premiere, Verdi revised the opera and created a shorter version without the first act, which was premiered in Italy in 1884. Verdi also authorized performances of the five-act version, and both are still performed, along with other versions that restore [[CutSong material that was cut]] in the original production or the revision. However, the plot and most of the numbers remain the same in all versions.

''Don Carlo'' was originally composed for the Paris opera (as ''Don Carlos'') and was translated into Italian later. Now, though, the Italian version is more common. The opera was originally in five acts, with the first act taking place several years earlier than the rest of the piece and showing how Carlos and Élisabeth meet and begin to fall in love. Some time after the premiere, Verdi revised the opera and created a shorter version without the first act, which was premiered in Italy in 1886. Verdi also authorized performances of the five-act version, and both are still performed, along with other versions that restore [[CutSong material that was cut]] in the original production or the revision. However, the plot and most of the numbers remain the same in all versions.

* MayDecemberRomance: May-December ''marriage'', to be exact. Philip is much older than Élisabeth.

''Don Carlo'' was originally composed for the Paris opera (as ''Don Carlos'') and was translated into Italian later. Now, though, the Italian version is more common. The opera was originally in five acts, with the first act taking place several years earlier than the rest of the piece and showing how Carlos and Elizabeth meet and begin to fall in love. Some time after the premiere, Verdi revised the opera and created a shorter version without the first act, which was premiered in Italy in 1886. Verdi also authorized performances of the five-act version, and both are still performed, along with other versions that restore [[CutSong material that was cut]] in the original production or the revision. However, the plot and most of the numbers remain the same in all versions.

''Don Carlo'' was originally composed for the Paris opera (as ''Don Carlos'') and was translated into Italian later. Now, though, the Italian version is more common. The opera was originally in five acts, with the first act taking place several years earlier and showing how Carlos and Elizabeth meet and begin to fall in love. Some time after the premiere, Verdi revised the opera and created a shorter version without the first act, which was premiered in Italy in 1886. Verdi also authorized performances of the five-act version, and both are still performed, along with other versions that restore [[CutSong material that was cut]] in the original production or the revision. However, the plot and most of the numbers remain the same in all versions.