The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore (2011)
Drama · Music
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.
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 Self - Host
- Marco Armiliato as Self - Conductor
- Robert Maher as A Gypsy