Organization

Festival Verdi

Singer

Soprano

Roberta Mantegna

Leonora

Mezzo-soprano

Nino Surguladze

Azucena

Tonia Langella

Ines

Tenor

Giuseppe Gipali

Manrico

Baritone

Franco Vassallo

The Count of Luna

Bass

Marco Spotti

Ferrando

Nicolò Donini

An old Rom

Luca Casalin

A messenger

Conductor

Roberto Abbado

Stage director

Robert Wilson

Nicola Panzer

Set designer

Stephanie Engeln

Costume designer

Julia von Leliwa

Lighting designer

Solomon Weisbard

Chorus master

Andrea Faidutti

Dramaturge

José Enrique Macián

Others

Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma

Orchestra

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma

Teatro Regio di Parma

French

Il trovatore -  (The Troubadour)

Parma

Italy

Teatro Farnese

"This is a family tragedy, and in many ways, it is a very contemporary story." This is how Robert Wilson described Il trovatore, or Le Trouvère in its French version, commissioned from Verdi after the incredible success of the premiere of his Italian version in 1853. With a few changes and alterations to the original music, this version was first performed in 1857 at the Paris Opera.  A light show unique to the stage director unfolds in the cold architecture, creating the perfect framing for Verdi’s music, dramatic and dark in this timeless opera.

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