The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

Apr 30, 2011

2h 29m

★ 8.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

The Metropolitan Opera

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Cast

Manrico

Marcelo Álvarez

Leonora

Sondra Radvanovsky

Count di Luna

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Azucena

Dolora Zajick

Ferrando

Štefan Kocán

Ines

Maria Zifchak

Ruiz

Eduardo Valdes

Self - Host

Renée Fleming

Self - Conductor

Marco Armiliato

A Gypsy

Robert Maher

A Messenger

Raymond Aparentado

Self

MET Orchestra

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