Which of Schiller's plays was adapted into an opera by Verdi?
Don Carlos
The Robbers
William Tell
Mary Stuart
Answer
Don Carlos, a play by German playwright Friedrich Schiller, was adapted into an opera of the same name by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The opera premiered in Paris in 1867 and has since become one of Verdi's most celebrated works. The story revolves around the tragic love triangle between Don Carlos, the Infante of Spain, his father King Philip II, and Princess Elisabeth of Valois.
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