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Don Carlo, IGV 7, Act IV: "Il grande Inquisitor" (Il Conte di Lerma, Il Grande Inquisitore, Filippo II) by Covent Garden Orchestra album cover

Don Carlo, IGV 7, Act IV: "Il grande Inquisitor" (Il Conte di Lerma, Il Grande Inquisitore, Filippo II)

by Covent Garden Orchestra

About This Song

About "Don Carlo, IGV 7, Act IV: "Il grande Inquisitor" (Il Conte di Lerma, Il Grande Inquisitore, Filippo II)" by Covent Garden Orchestra

The Grand Inquisitor enters like a slow-moving storm, his cavernous bass challenging Filippo's regal authority. Their confrontation is a duel of low voices, the orchestra shuddering as blind faith and royal will lock horns in the Escorial's gloom.