Name: Il trovatore
Start: 2012-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2012-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: La Monnaie

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Organization

Singer

Baritone

Scott Hendricks

The Count of Luna

Dimitris Tiliakos

Tenor

Misha Didyk

Manrico

Mezzo-soprano

Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo

Azucena

Soprano

Marina Poplavskaya

Leonora

Bass

Giovanni Furlanetto

Ferrando

Young Hee Kim

Ines

Roberto Covatta

Ruiz

Conductor

Marc Minkowski

Stage director

Dmitri Tcherniakov

Set designer

Costume designer

Elena Zylseva

Chorus master

Martino Faggiani

La Monnaie/De Munt

Il trovatore -  (The Troubadour)

Brussels

Belgium

La Monnaie

Grande Salle

After the success of Rigoletto, Verdi called on librettist Salvadore Cammarano in 1851 for his new opera Il Trovatore, based on the eponymous play by Spanish playwright Antonio García Gutiérrez. Verdi takes us to 15th-Century northern Spain to witness the tragic destiny of those under the control of the gypsy Azucena, who seeks to avenge the death of his mother. The first percussion notes are solemn, setting the tone for Verdi's masterpiece, whose main themes include abandonment, passion, power, love for one's parents and vengeance. The music is sometimes tender and sensuous, with exceptional energy and force, revealing daring and mastery in its musical and vocal language. This production marks the debut of Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov at La Monnaie and the first Verdi interpretation by Marc Minkowski.

Il trovatore Verdi

The Troubadour

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