Name: Il trovatore
Start: 2023-04-20
End: 2023-04-20
Location: Estonian National Opera

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Leonardo Neiva

The Count of Luna

Mezzo-soprano

Maria Berezovska

Azucena

Soprano

Charlotte-Anne Shipley

Leonora

Bass

Priit Volmer

Ferrando

Helen Lokuta

Ines

Conductor

Mārtiņš Ozoliņš

Raiko Raalik

Tenor

Heldur Harry Põlda

Ruiz

Tambet Kikas

An old Rom

Stage director

Neeme Kuningas

Arvo Volmer

Kaspar Mänd

Lighting designer

Rasmus Rembel

Costume designer

Anna Kontek

Set designer

Video designer

Hanna Jõers

Silja Aalto

Monika-Evelin Liiv

Märt Jakobson

Juuli Lill

Mart Madiste

Dimitris Paksoglou

Manrico

Rauno Elp

Jaak Jõekallas

A messenger

Angelos Samartzis

Mati Vaikmaa

Estonian National Opera

Others

Estonian National Opera Chorus

Orchestra

Estonian National Opera Orchestra

Italian

Il trovatore -  (The Troubadour)

Tallinn

Estonia

Main Stage

Il trovatore

Private

Public

The Troubadour

Estonian

English

Approved

Il trovatore Verdi

G. Verdi. Il Trovatore. Song of Azucena "Stride la vampa"

Verdi’s passionate melodrama thrills with swift action, intense pathos, and numerous moments of dazzling singing. “Il trovatore” is the second of the great trio of mature, middle-period Verdi masterpieces, which cemented Verdi’s reputation as the greatest Italian composer of his time. Preceded by “Rigoletto” (1851) and followed by “La traviata” (1853), this opera demonstrated Verdi’s ability to find the perfect melody to express the deepest emotions of his characters desperate for love, and emotionally strapped by circumstance.

In “Il trovatore”, the terrible secrets of a gruesome past echo through the generations. When two brothers unwittingly fall in love with the same woman, they unleash a firestorm of fatal reckoning.

Count Luna and Manrico are fighting on opposite sides of Spanish civil war. At the same time, they rival for Leonora, who however loves Manrico. A terrible past casts a shadow on them: Manricos alleged mother, the gypsy Azucena, had thrown what she thought to be Lunas brother into a fire. In reality she had, bewildered, killed her own baby, and risen Lunas brother in her own child’s place, under the name of Manrico. When Manrico is arrested and sentenced to death, Leonora offers her life to save him. Count Luna learns that she has poisoned herself to escape her fate to live on his side, and orders Manrico to be executed. Desperate, Azucena tells him, that he had killed his own brother, whom she had risen unawares…

“Il trovatore” captures the heart of anyone who loves a good story, great melodies, fantastic voices and big choruses. The “Anvil Chorus,” Azucena’s “Stride la vampa” and Manrico’s stirring call to arms “Di quella pira” are just a few of the fabulous highlights that the opera offers.

Verdi kirglik melodraama võlub kiirelt areneva tegevustiku, intensiivsete emotsioonide ja särava vokaalse tulevärgiga. „Trubaduur“ on Verdi hiilgava ooperikolmiku teine teos, mis kinnitas tema positsiooni ühe mõjukama Itaalia heliloojana. „Trubaduurile“ eelnes „Rigoletto“ (1851) ja järgnes „La traviata“ (1853). „Trubaduur“ on ilmekas näide Verdi andest leida armastuse järele janunevate, kuid olukorrast kammitsetud tegelaste sügavate tunnete väljendamiseks kauneid meloodiaid.

„Trubaduuris“ ei anna põlvkondade tagused kohutavad saladused inimestele asu. Kui kaks venda armuvad kogemata ühte ja samasse neidu, algab arveteklaarimise halastamatu torm.

Krahv di Luna ja Manrico võitlevad Hispaania kodusõjas vastasleerides. Nad on mõlemad armunud Leonorasse, kes armastab Manricot. Mineviku hirmutavad saladused heidavad nende saatustele varju. Nimelt on mustlanna Azucena aastaid tagasi ja meeltesegaduses, arvates et viskab tulle di Luna imikust venna, heitnud tulle oma poja ning kasvatanud Manrico üles kui enda oma. Kui Manrico vastaspoolele vangi satub ja surma mõistetakse, pakub Leonora mehe elu eest ennast. Krahv di Luna on vahetusega nõus, kuid teada saades, et naine on vahetult enne nende kohtumist mürki võtnud, laseb Manrico hukata. Meeleheitel Azucena teatab krahvile, et too on tapnud oma venna …

„Trubaduur“ paelub igaüht, kes armastab head lugu, suurepäraseid meloodiaid, säravaid lauljaid ja võimsaid koore. „Mustlaste koor“, Azucena „Stride la vampa“ ja Manrico võidukas kutse relvadele „Di quella pira“ on vaid mõned näited vaimustavatest muusikalistest hetkedest, mida see ooper pakub.

eesti

The Troubadour by Verdi, Thu 20 Apr 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Neeme Kuningas,, Conductor Mārtiņš Ozoliņš, Arvo Volmer, Kaspar Mänd, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, Estonia

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Videos

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues