Name: Il trovatore
Start: 2014-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro alla Scala

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Organization

Chanteur

Baryton

Franco Vassallo

Le Comte de Luna

Simone Piazzola

Soprano

Maria Agresta

Leonora

Ana Lucrecia García

Mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Azucena

Luciana D'Intino

Ténor

Marcelo Álvarez

Manrico

Carlo Ventre

Basse

Kwangchul Youn

Ferrando

Roberto Tagliavini

Marzia Castellini

Inès

Massimiliano Chiarolla

Ruiz

Ernesto Panariello

Un Vieux Gitan

Giuseppe Bellanca

Un Messager

Direction d'orchestre

Daniele Rustioni

Mise en scène

Hugo De Ana

Décors

Lumières

Marco Filibeck

Maître d’armes

Renzo Musumeci Greco

Teatro alla Scala

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Il trovatore -  (Le Trouvère)

Milan

Italie

To stage Verdi's Il Trovatore, according to Arturo Toscanini, you need to bring together the four best singers in the world. This stunning production at Milan's La Scala unites four luminaries of today's opera scene to great effect: with his lilting legato, Marcelo Álvarez (Manrico) does justice to the opera's bel canto character; Franco Vassallo brings assurance and flair to the Count di Luna; Maria Agresta (Leonora) effortlessly rises to the challenges of the score; and Ekaterina Semenchuk (Azucena) also masters the most difficult notes. With the fastidious Daniele Rustioni leading La Scala's world-class orchestra, the music leads the action apace, resounding alongside the hall's legendary chorus and amid monumental sets and decor in this sublime production of one of the world's favorite operas.

Falsely accused by the Count di Luna of putting a curse on his young child, the mother of the gypsy Azucena was burned alive as a witch. To avenge her mother, Azucena abducted the Count's son but, while attempting to sacrifice him, accidentally killed her own child. Raised by Azucena, the Count's son Manrico has become a troubadour whose songs have seduced the noblewoman Leonora, whom the new Count di Luna (son of the previous, and brother to Manrico) wants for himself. After successive acts of love, jealousy, and war, Manrico finds himself imprisoned in a dungeon. Leonora saves him by offering herself to the Count, but takes a slow-acting poison to avoid this fate and eventually dies in Manrico's arms. The Count then has Manrico executed, ignorant of their fraternal bond, and Azucena cries out, "Egli era tuo fratello! Sei vendicata, o madre": "He was your brother ... You are avenged, oh mother!"

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