The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

149 mins | Drama, Music | April 30, 2011

Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Marcelo Álvarez sings Manrico, the troubadour of the title. The story is well-known already: The gypsy Azucena has harbored a grudge for thirty years, but she is about to have revenge at last. Meanwhile, her son Manrico is in love with Leonora, but so is his arch-enemy, the Count Di Luna. A pot-boiler, where every tune is a hit.

The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

149 mins | Drama, Music | April 30, 2011

The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Marcelo Álvarez sings Manrico, the troubadour of the title. The story is well-known already: The gypsy Azucena has harbored a grudge for thirty years, but she is about to have revenge at last. Meanwhile, her son Manrico is in love with Leonora, but so is his arch-enemy, the Count Di Luna. A pot-boiler, where every tune is a hit.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Directors Paula Williams, Barbara Willis Sweete, David McVicar
Writers Antonio García Gutiérrez, Salvadore Cammarano

Cast

Marcelo Álvarez

as Manrico

Sondra Radvanovsky

as Leonora

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

as Count di Luna

Dolora Zajick

as Azucena

Štefan Kocán

as Ferrando

Maria Zifchak

as Ines

Eduardo Valdes

as Ruiz

Renée Fleming

as Herself - Host

Marco Armiliato

as Self - Conductor

Robert Maher

as A Gypsy

Raymond Aparentado

as A Messenger