Il Trovatore
Intro
Il Trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
22/09/1998 in Antwerp - 15/10/1998 in Ghent
- Musical direction: Marc Piollet
- Director: Christopher Alden
- Il Conte di Luna: Ned Barth
- Leonora: Olga Romanko
- Azucena: Barbara Dever
- Manrico: Mikhail Dawidoff
Several of Giuseppe Verdi's operas drew inspiration from Spanish
culture. Based on the chivalric drama "El Trovador" by Antonio Garcia
Gutiérrez, "Il Trovatore", together with "Rigoletto" and "La Traviata",
forms what is known as Verdi's 'trilogia popolar'. Using a
kaleidoscopic sequence of richly imaginative scenes, Verdi tells the
story of two rival lovers who in the end turn out to be brothers. The
mixture of personal conflicts with social and political tensions in
this dark and fateful drama heralds the many-layered dramas of "Don
Carlo" and "Otello".
Practical
Surtitles: Dutch.
Team
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Musical direction
Marc Piollet
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Director
Christopher Alden
- Set design
- Costumes
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Lightning
Patrcia Collins
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Chorus master
Peter Burian
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Il Conte di Luna
Ned Barth
- Leonora
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Azucena
Barbara Dever
- Manrico
- Ferrando
- Ines
- Ruiz
- Zingaro
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